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01.08.2005 | Case Report
A case of post-pregnancy osteoporosis-related spinal fractures in association with ankylosing spondylitis
verfasst von:
Fadoua Allali, Najat Guedirra, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni
Erschienen in:
Clinical Rheumatology
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Ausgabe 4/2005
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Excerpt
Osteoporosis in pregnancy is a rare clinical problem of unknown cause [
1,
2]. Some authors believe that even pregnancy is associated with a general reduction in bone density. This would not be of sufficient magnitude to cause fractures unless the woman already had a substantial decrease in bone mass [
3]. We report a case of post-pregnancy spinal fractures in association with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) induced by osteoporosis. …