Calcium and bone metabolism across women's life stages. Osteoporosis in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Furuya, T.

Clinical Calcium 27(5): 691-698

2017


ISSN/ISBN: 0917-5857
PMID: 28439057
Document Number: 17081
Female patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA)are at high risk for osteoporosis and fractures. In Japanese female patients with RA, age, disability, daily prednisolone dose, history of total knee replacement, and low bone mineral density are known to be risk factors for fractures, and more than 70% are reported to be vitamin D deficiency.

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Calcium and bone metabolism across women's life stages. Osteoporosis in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis