Treatment of osteoporosis with sodium fluoride and calcium: effects on vertebral fracture incidence and bone histomorphometry. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • This article contains a report of the results of a study of 10 postmenopausal women with uncomplicated osteoporosis who were treated with sodium fluoride, calcium supplementation, and vitamin D. Spinal fractures ceased by 18 months, trabecular bone mass increased 26 per cent per year, and patients reported symptomatic improvement.

publication date

  • October 1, 1984

Research

keywords

  • Calcium
  • Fractures, Spontaneous
  • Osteoporosis
  • Sodium Fluoride
  • Thoracic Vertebrae

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0021680670

PubMed ID

  • 6493736

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 15

issue

  • 4