title: [Psoriatic osteopathy--results of histomorphometric studies].
abstract: In 23 patients with psoriatic arthritis and 9 patients with psoriasis without joint involvement, we took bone biopsies from the iliac crest. Histomorphometrical investigations showed that the volume density of the bone was not decreased in either group of patients, but we found a high rate of turnover remodelling. An elevated rate of bone turnover is regarded as the characteristic principle of "psoriatic osteopathy", which--more exactly--should be called "latent osteopathy". Deficiency of vitamin D is discussed as a possible etiological factor.
authors: Klinik für Innere Medizin, Bereiches Medizin der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Hein
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Knopf
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Wollina
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Abendroth
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Wessel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000473:pathology*; D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Die psoriatische Osteopathie--Ergebnisse histomorphometrischer Untersuchungen.