Incidence of fractures of the vertebral spine in epileptic patients.
The incidence of vertebral fractures in 87 epileptic outpatients was 16 per cent. The occurrence of vertebral fractures in epileptics was not correlated to age, state of osteomalacia or to type or number of epileptic seizures.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008903:Minerals / Q000378:metabolism; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000209:etiology*
D008903:Minerals