Osteoporosis: disease or senescence?
HF Newton-John, DB Morgan - The Lancet, 1968 - Elsevier
HF Newton-John, DB Morgan
The Lancet, 1968•ElsevierHypothesis Page 1 232 Hypothesis OSTEOPOROSIS : DISEASE OR SENESCENCE ? Summary
All people lose bone from the skeleton as they age. There is little justification for continuing to
regard senile or postmenopausal osteoporosis as a disease, distinct from the loss of bone
with age. INTRODUCTION " OSTEOPOROSIS " means too little bone. Albright 1 recognised a
clinical syndrome characterised by back pain, and vertebral fractures which he attributed to
lack of bone in the vertebrx. Unfortunately, he called this clinical syndrome osteoporosis …
All people lose bone from the skeleton as they age. There is little justification for continuing to
regard senile or postmenopausal osteoporosis as a disease, distinct from the loss of bone
with age. INTRODUCTION " OSTEOPOROSIS " means too little bone. Albright 1 recognised a
clinical syndrome characterised by back pain, and vertebral fractures which he attributed to
lack of bone in the vertebrx. Unfortunately, he called this clinical syndrome osteoporosis …
Abstract
All people lose bone from the skeleton as they age. There is little justification for continuing to regard senile or postmenopausal osteoporosis as a disease, distinct from the loss of bone with age.
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