Testosterone and testosterone free index in mild ankylosing spondylitis: relationship with bone mineral density and vertebral fractures. - Concepedia

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Testosterone and testosterone free index in mild ankylosing spondylitis: relationship with bone mineral density and vertebral fractures.

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1999

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D K Mitra, Elvins Dm, Collins Aj

Abstract

Sex hormones are not altered significantly in patients with mild AS and do not appear to be related to BMD or vertebral fractures. Osteopenia in men with mild AS is therefore unlikely to be secondary to hypogonadism.