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osteopenia [‚äs·tē·ə′pē·nē·ə] (medicine) The reduction in bone volume and bone structural quality. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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When women with osteopenia, thinning bones, took Fosamax, "hip fractures actually went up 84 percent. At the hospital, x-rays indicated she had developed pneumonia and marked diffuse osteopenia, which left her bones brittle. In addition, multiple reports in humans and animals support a role for Pb in osteopenia (Berlin et al. |
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