title: Bone biopsy in women with spinal osteoporosis.
abstract: Iliac crest biopsies were obtained from 110 women, 62 of whom had been clinically and radiologically classified as osteoporotics. The amount of osteoid surface was measured by a histological planimetrical method. It was demonstrated that the amount of osteoid does not differ between osteoporotic women and control women and that osteomalacia is rare in both groups.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology