Male osteoporosis

Nicole Ducharme

doi:10.1016/j.cger.2010.02.005

Male osteoporosis

Nicole Ducharme

Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research

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Abstract

Osteoporosis develops in males approximately 10 years later than in females. Low vitamin D is a common problem. Decline in testosterone represents a major cause for osteoporosis in men. Bisphosphonates are the treatment of choice for osteoporosis in older males.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	301-309
Number of pages	9
Journal	Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
Volume	26
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2010.02.005
State	Published - May 1 2010

Keywords

Bone mineral density
Male gender
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis-related fracture

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