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Review
. 2015:2015:206853.
doi: 10.1155/2015/206853. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

Pituitary disorders and osteoporosis

Marek Bolanowski  1 , Jowita Halupczok  1 , Aleksandra Jawiarczyk-Przybyłowska  1
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Review

Pituitary disorders and osteoporosis

Marek Bolanowski et al. Int J Endocrinol. 2015.

Abstract

Various hormonal disorders can influence bone metabolism and cause secondary osteoporosis. The consequence of this is a significant increase of fracture risk. Among pituitary disorders such effects are observed in patients with Cushing's disease, hyperprolactinemia, acromegaly, and hypopituitarism. Severe osteoporosis is the result of the coexistence of some of these disorders and hypogonadism at the same time, which is quite often.

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