title: [Heterogeneity of involutional osteoporosis].
abstract: Bone tissue mineral content (BTMC) was measured on transiliac bone biopsies by a combined microradiographic-microdensitometric technique. The samples originated from 69 osteoporotic postmenopausal women aged 42-86 (mean age 63 years). The diagnosis of osteoporosis was based upon a previous in-hospital screening. Results demonstrated a clear heterogeneity of BTMC values in osteoporotic women as compared with an age-related decrease in 31 age- and sex-matched controls. No correlation with clinical parameters could be found: Therapeutic issues raised by this study are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital cantonal universitaire, Genève.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Courvoisier
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Baud
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D015519:Bone Density; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: L'hétérogénéité des ostéoporoses d'involution.