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Author
Takata, Shinjiro Department of Orthopedics, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
Takao, Shoichiro Department of Radiology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School Tokushima University Educator and Researcher Directory KAKEN Search Researchers
Yoshida, Shusaku Department of Radiology, Tokushima Prefectural Miyoshi Hospital
Hayashi, Fumio Department of Orthopedics, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
Yasui, Natsuo Department of Orthopedics, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School Tokushima University Educator and Researcher Directory KAKEN Search Researchers
Keywords
parietal thinning
osteoporosis
bone mineral density
bone mineral metabolism
alendronate
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
We studied the therapeutic effects of one-year alendronate treatment in three cases (two males and one female) of osteoporosis with parietal thinning of skull. Plain radiography and three dimensional computed tomography revealed asymmetric external thinning of the posteromedial part of the bilateral parietal bones. Technetium-99m methylenediphosphate bone scintigraphy did not show any changes in these three cases. Pretreatment levels of urinary type I collagen cross-linked N-telopeptides (NTX) in all three cases were high compared to the normal range. Pretreatment levels of serum bonespecific alkaline phosphatase (BAP) in the two male patients were high in contrast to the normal values in the female patient. Pretreatment mean bone mineral density (BMD) values of the 2nd to 4th lumbar vertebrae (L2-4BMD), head BMD, femoral neck BMD, and whole body BMD of all three patients were low compared with the respective normal ranges. One-year alendronate treatment decreased both urinary NTX and serum BAP in all three cases to normal values. Treatment also increased the whole body BMD in all three cases, the L2-4BMD of the female patient, the femoral neck BMD of the female patient and one male patient, and the head BMD of the female patient when compared to pretreatment levels.
Journal Title
The journal of medical investigation : JMI
ISSN
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
Volume
55
Issue
3-4
Start Page
297
End Page
302
Sort Key
297
Published Date
2008-08
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DOI (Published Version)
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language
eng
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departments
Medical Sciences
University Hospital