Email this article OSTEOPOROSIS IN A MALE PATIENT WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (A CLINICAL CASE)
- Authors: Muradyants A.A.1, Shostak N.A.1, Kondrashov A.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Acad. A.I. Nesterov Department of Faculty Therapy, Faculty of Therapeutics, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow
- Issue: Vol 8, No 1 (2014)
- Pages: 71-76
- Section: CASE REPORT
- Published: 23.11.2014
- URL: https://klinitsist.abvpress.ru/Klin/article/view/151
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17650/1818-8338-2014-1-71-76
- ID: 151
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Abstract
The paper describes a clinical case of developing rheumatoid arthritis complicated by osteoporosis in a male. It considers the possible risk
factors of osteoporosis and fractures, including those associated with rheumatoid arthritis, the necessity of assessing the 10-year risk of major osteoporotic fractures and femoral neck ones to timely use not only calcium and vitamin D preparations, but also antiosteoporotic therapy to prevent osteoporosis.
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A. A. Muradyants
Acad. A.I. Nesterov Department of Faculty Therapy, Faculty of Therapeutics, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow
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Russian Federation
N. A. Shostak
Acad. A.I. Nesterov Department of Faculty Therapy, Faculty of Therapeutics, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, MoscowRussian Federation
A. A. Kondrashov
Acad. A.I. Nesterov Department of Faculty Therapy, Faculty of Therapeutics, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow
Email: kaartjom@yandex.ru
Russian Federation
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