title: [Epidemiology and treatment of osteoporosis in men].
abstract: Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by an increased fragility of bone due to micro and macro structural changes of bone tissue and as a consequence a higher risk of fractures. Both women and men can be concerned by the problem, but in men a secondary origin is generally found with less fractures than in women, but with more morbidity. Both the diagnosis and the therapy are relatively similar in men as compared to women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. This paper is aimed at critically discussing the various differences in osteoporosis between men and women starting with some epidemiological considerations and ending with the therapeutical aspects.
authors.affiliation: Service des Maladies Osseuses, Département des Spécialités de Médecine, et Faculté de Médecine, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève. brigitte.uebelhart@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Uebelhart
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Uebelhart
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054526:Men's Health; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors