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Published in: Clinical Rheumatology 1/2004

01-02-2004 | Letter

A comparison of bone mineral density in Indians with psoriatic polyarthritis and healthy Indian volunteers

Authors: K. Dheda, B. Cassim, N. Patel, G. M. Mody

Published in: Clinical Rheumatology | Issue 1/2004

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Excerpt

Frediani et al. [1] recently reported the presence of significant systemic osteoporosis in psoriatic arthritis. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been reported to be commoner in Indians than in other Oriental ethnic groups in Asia [2], and a lower bone mineral density (BMD) has been shown in Indian teenagers in South Africa [3]. We therefore undertook a prospective cross-sectional study to assess BMD in Indians with psoriatic arthritis and controls. …
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Frediani B, Allegri A, Falsetti P et al. (2001) Bone mineral density in patients with psoriatic arthritis. J Rheumatol 28:138–143PubMed
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Patel DN, Pettifor JM, Becker PJ (1993) The effect of ethnicity on appendicular bone mass in white, coloured and Indian schoolchildren. S Afr Med J 83:847–853PubMed
Metadata
Title
A comparison of bone mineral density in Indians with psoriatic polyarthritis and healthy Indian volunteers
Authors
K. Dheda
B. Cassim
N. Patel
G. M. Mody
Publication date
01-02-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Clinical Rheumatology / Issue 1/2004
Print ISSN: 0770-3198
Electronic ISSN: 1434-9949
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-003-0818-y

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