Patients with chronic pancreatitis are at increased risk for osteoporosis.

Authors
Duggan, SN
O'Sullivan, Maria
Hamilton, Samuel
Feehan, Sinead M
Ridgway, Paul F
Conlon, Kevin C
Affiliation
Centre for Pancreatico-Biliary Diseases, Department of Surgery, Trinity College Dublin, Tallaght, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. siduggan@tcd.ie
Issue Date
2012-10

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Citation
Patients with chronic pancreatitis are at increased risk for osteoporosis. 2012, 41 (7):1119-24 Pancreas
Publisher
Pancreas
Journal
Pancreas
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/251938
DOI
10.1097/MPA.0b013e31824abb4d
PubMed ID
22836855
Abstract
Patients with chronic pancreatitis may be at an increased risk of low bone density because of malabsorption of vitamin D and calcium, poor diet, pain, alcoholism, and smoking. We investigated the rates of osteoporosis in patients with chronic pancreatitis compared to matched controls.
Item Type
Article
Language
en
ISSN
1536-4828
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