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ReviewOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2017

Bone imaging in hypoparathyroidism.

B C Silva, M R Rubin, N E Cusano, J P Bilezikian

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Review in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Etiology and Pathophysiology of Hypoparathyroidism: A Narrative Review.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2022
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  3. The Antiresorptive Effect of GIP, But Not GLP-2, Is Preserved in Patients With Hypoparathyroidism-A Randomized Crossover Study.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2021
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  11. Skeletal health status among patients with chronic hypoparathyroidism: results from the Canadian National Hypoparathyroidism Registry (CNHR).Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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  16. Initial Assessment and Monitoring of Patients with Chronic Hypoparathyroidism: A Systematic Current Practice Survey.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2022
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  17. Skeletal and nonskeletal consequences of hypoparathyroidism.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2022
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  18. Secondary Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

B C SilvaDepartment of Medicine, UNI BH, Felicio Rocho Hospital and Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. barbarasilva2131@gmail.com.
M R RubinMetabolic Bone Diseases Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
N E CusanoMetabolic Bone Diseases Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
J P BilezikianMetabolic Bone Diseases Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Columbia University · USHospital Felício Rocho · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoparathyroidism (HypoPT) is an uncommon endocrine disorder characterized by chronic deficiency or absence of parathyroid hormone (PTH), which leads to a profound reduction in bone remodeling. Subjects with HypoPT typically have bone mineral densities (BMDs) by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) above average at all skeletal sites, with greatest scores observed at the lumbar spine. Trabecular bone score (TBS), an indirect measure of bone microarchitecture, also appears to be normal in HypoPT. By peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) of the radius, volumetric BMD at cancellous and cortical compartments, as well as cortical area and thickness, are greater in hypoparathyroid subjects than in controls. The use of high-resolution pQCT (HRpQCT) confirmed the increase in cortical volumetric BMD but demonstrated reduced cortical thickness, associated with lower cortical porosity in HypoPT. Trabeculae tend to be more numerous but thinner in hypoparathyroid subjects. It is not clear whether these structural and the dynamic skeletal abnormalities in HypoPT affect bone strength or fracture risk. Treatment of HypoPT with PTH leads to improvement in bone remodeling rate, variable changes in bone density, and a transient increase in estimated bone strength. The effect of PTH therapy on fracture risk remains unknown. This article reviews skeletal involvement and the effect of PTH treatment in patients with HypoPT, as assessed by DXA, TBS, QCT, and HRpQCT. Data on bone strength and fracture risk in HypoPT are also reviewed here.

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Absorptiometry, PhotonBone DensityBone RemodelingCancellous BoneHumansHypoparathyroidismOsteoporotic FracturesParathyroid Hormone-Related ProteinPeptide FragmentsTomography, X-Ray ComputedParathyroid Hormone-Related Proteinparathyroid hormone-related protein (1-34)parathyroid hormone-related protein (1-84)Peptide FragmentsBone microarchitectureBone mineral densityBone strengthFracture riskHypoparathyroidismPTH

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PMID27577725
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