Correlation Between Low Bone Density and Disease Activity in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
@article{Amiriani2015CorrelationBL, title={Correlation Between Low Bone Density and Disease Activity in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis}, author={T. Amiriani and S. Besharat and Z. Pourramezan and H. S. Mirkarimi and M. Aghaei and H. Joshaghani and Gholamreza Roshandel and M. Faghani and M. Besharat}, journal={Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases}, year={2015}, volume={7}, pages={25 - 30} }
BACKGROUND Different clinical and epidemiological studies using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry have shown an increased prevalence of low bone mineral density in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases. The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between bone density and the disease activity in patients with ulcerative colitis. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 52 patients with ulcerative colitis (duration of the disease less than 5 years) were invited to our research center… CONTINUE READING
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