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KMID : 1007020100080010081
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Korean Soceity of Osteroporosis
2010 Volume.8 No. 1 p.81 ~ p.86
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Low Bone Mass Related with Helicobacter pylori Infection in a Woman
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Kong Eun-Hee
Lee Ji-Young
Joo Il-Woo
Kim Heung-Yeol
Jung Min-Hyung
Choi Hoon
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Abstract
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A 39-year-old female had intermittent dyspepsia for 1 year. She was not a current smoker or an alcohol abuser. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed erosive gastritis; the histologic diagnosis of the gastric mucosa was active gastritis with Helicobacter pylori infection. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry confirmed marked osteopenia at Wards’ region of the left femur; the bone mineral density was 0.605 g/cm2 and the Z-score was -1.8 (69%). The serum C-telopeptide was 0.259 ng/mL and the serum osteocalcin was 10.24 ng/mL. There were no significant muscle weakness, tenderness, or no joint abnormalities. It is required to consider as a secondary cause of osteopenia in patients with H. pylori infection in stomach and is essential to measure bone mineral density.
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KEYWORD
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Osteopenia, Helicobacter pylori
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