[Anticoagulants and osteoporosis].
There are numerous indications for anticoagulant therapy. It has been suggested that such a therapy threatened bone health and could represent a risk factor for osteoporosis. After a careful review of the literature, it is difficult to conclude that anticoagulant treatment is a significant risk factor for fracture. In any case, a possible fracture risk has to be balanced against the indications for an anticoagulant treatment.
Service des maladies osseuses, Département de rehabilitation et gériatrie, HUG, 1211 Genève.
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Ferrière
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Rizzoli
D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015519:Bone Density / Q000187:drug effects; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology; D006493:Heparin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight; D006493:Heparin