Skeletal mass in rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison with forearm bone mineral content. [Photon transmission scanning of bone tissues]

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7356789

Zanzi, I; Roginsky, M S; Ellis, K J; Blau, S; Cohn, S H

The evaluation of diffuse osteoporosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains controversial. An important associated problem is the compounded effect of osteopenia secondary to chronic corticosteroid treatment. Photon-absorptiometric techniques have been utilized for measurements of selected sites of the skeleton, such as the distal femur and the distal radius. The development of the technique of in-vivo total body neutron activation analysis (TBNAA) along with whole body counting, has made possible the direct measurement of skeletal mass (total body calcium, TBCa). The TBCa and radial bone mineral content (BMC) were evaluated in 19 Caucassian women with R.A., with and without a history of corticosteroid treatment. (auth)

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7356789
• Report Number(s): BNL-20912; CONF-760123-1
• Resource Relation: Conference: International conference on bone mineral measurement, New Orleans, LA, USA, 25 Jan 1976
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BONE TISSUES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
PHOTON TRANSMISSION SCANNING
CALCIUM
ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
RHEUMATIC DISEASES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
SKELETON
MEDICINE
MINERALS
OSTEODENSITOMETRY
OSTEOPOROSIS
PATIENTS
QUANTITY RATIO
WHOLE-BODY COUNTING
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BODY
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ELEMENTS
METALS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ORGANS
RADIOLOGY
SKELETAL DISEASES
TISSUES
550500* - Metabolism