title: Pregnancy-associated osteoporosis manifesting for the first time during second pregnancy.
abstract: We present here a case of 26-year-old woman with pregnancy-associated severe osteoporosis which occurred for the first time at the end of the second pregnancy. We discuss changes in bone mass and metabolism taking place during normal pregnancy and other possible factors of osteoporosis during that period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Daria
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baszko-Błaszyk
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Horst-Sikorska
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sowiński
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D015519:Bone Density; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors