ArticleAnemia2020
The Trabecular Bone Score as a Predictor for Thalassemia-Induced Vertebral Fractures in Northeastern Thailand.
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- Update on the clinical use of trabecular bone score (TBS) in the management of osteoporosis: results of an expert group meeting organized by the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO), and the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) under the auspices of WHO Collaborating Center for Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Health and Aging.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2023Pooled it
- Single-component imaging and ultrasound-based tools for the assessment of fracture risk.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2026Review
- Osteoporosis in children and adolescents with transfusion-dependent thalassemia and the diagnostic value of different indicators.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Disproportionate Decline in Trabecular Bone Score Compared to Bone Mineral Density in Southeast Asian Patients with Thalassemia: A Matched Control Study.Calcified tissue international · 2026Article
- Trabecular bone score in the assessment of bone health in thalassemia major.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Prevalence and risk factors predisposing low bone mineral density in patients with thalassemia.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Association of osteoporosis and sarcopenia with fracture risk in transfusion-dependent thalassemia.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Current issues in evaluation and management of osteoporosis in Thailand.Osteoporosis and sarcopenia · 2023Review
- Update on trabecular bone score.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2022Review
- New Entity-Thalassemic Endocrine Disease: Major Beta-Thalassemia and Endocrine Involvement.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
introductionThalassemia bone disease is one of the disease-related complications in patients with thalassemia. Prevalence of fractures and the role of a trabecular bone score (TBS) as a predictive factor for fractures were evaluated in patients with thalassemia.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in patients with thalassemia aged ≥18 years at Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. A lateral thoracolumbar radiograph and bone mineral density (BMD) at the lumbar spine and hip, as well as the TBS measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), were evaluated in all patients.
resultsAmong 86 patients, 14 patients were found to have radiographic vertebral fracture yielding a prevalence of 16.3%. All patients who had fractures were
conclusionsThe prevalence of vertebral fractures in patients with thalassemia was not uncommon. A combined low BMD and TBS and a presence of endocrinopathies were associated with vertebral fractures. These findings suggested that BMD testing and TBS measurement have a clinical implication as a screening tool for evaluating the risk of vertebral fractures in thalassemic patients, particularly in
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