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Osteoporosis Wheeless (Visit this link)

Discussion: - most common metabolic bone dz; - definition: - what appears to be a characteristic of osteoporosis is an uncoupling of the osteoblastic and osteoclastic processes; - WHO definition: a bone mineral density that is 2.5 SD below the mean peak value in young adults of the same race and sex (T-score of -2.5); - Z score: bone mineral density compared with the mean value in normal subjects of the same age and sex; - Z-score of less than -1 indicates patient is in the lowest 25%, and a score of less than -2 indicates patient is in the lowest 2.5%; Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

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