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Evaluation and management of osteoporosis in liver disease.

Hay JE, Guichelaar MM

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. jhay@mayo.edu

This article discusses the clinical importance of hepatic osteopenia, the identification of risk factors for the individual patient, and the selection of patients, timing, and methods for diagnostic screening. General supportive measures to maximize bone health should be used in all patients at risk. In addition, for the patient with established osteoporosis, specific therapeutic measures may be justified, despite the lack of adequate randomized trials of these agents in patients with hepatic osteopenia.

Published 6 October 2005 in Clin Liver Dis, 9(4): 747-66, viii.
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