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Descriptor English: Osteoporosis
Descriptor Spanish: Osteoporosis
Descriptor osteoporosis
Entry term(s) osteoporosis postraumática
osteoporosis relacionada con la edad
osteoporosis senil
pérdida ósea relacionada con la edad
Scope note: Reducción de la masa ósea sin alteración en la composición del hueso, que da lugar a fracturas. La osteoporosis primaria puede ser de dos tipos principales: osteoporosis posmenopáusica (OSTEOPOROSIS POSMENOPÁUSICA) y osteoporosis relacionada con la edad o senil.
Descriptor Portuguese: Osteoporose
Descriptor French: Ostéoporose
Entry term(s): Age Related Osteoporosis
Age-Related Bone Loss
Age-Related Bone Losses
Age-Related Osteoporoses
Age-Related Osteoporosis
Bone Loss, Age Related
Bone Loss, Age-Related
Bone Losses, Age-Related
Osteoporoses
Osteoporoses, Age-Related
Osteoporoses, Senile
Osteoporosis, Age Related
Osteoporosis, Age-Related
Osteoporosis, Involutional
Osteoporosis, Post Traumatic
Osteoporosis, Post-Traumatic
Osteoporosis, Senile
Post-Traumatic Osteoporoses
Post-Traumatic Osteoporosis
Senile Osteoporoses
Senile Osteoporosis
Tree number(s): C05.116.198.579
C18.452.104.579
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010024
Scope note: Reduction of bone mass without alteration in the composition of bone, leading to fractures. Primary osteoporosis can be of two major types: postmenopausal osteoporosis (OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL) and age-related or senile osteoporosis.
Annotation: related to aging: note X refs; age-related osteoporosis in men goes here; age-related osteoporosis in women is probably OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 10205
Unique ID: D010024
NLM Classification: WE 250
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/11/24
Osteoporosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0015552
Scope note Reduction of bone mass without alteration in the composition of bone, leading to fractures. Primary osteoporosis can be of two major types: postmenopausal osteoporosis (OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL) and age-related or senile osteoporosis.
Preferred term Osteoporosis
Entry term(s) Osteoporoses
Osteoporosis, Post-Traumatic - Narrower
Concept UI M0336965
Preferred term Osteoporosis, Post-Traumatic
Entry term(s) Osteoporosis, Post Traumatic
Post-Traumatic Osteoporoses
Post-Traumatic Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis, Senile - Narrower
Concept UI M0015553
Preferred term Osteoporosis, Senile
Entry term(s) Osteoporoses, Senile
Osteoporosis, Involutional
Senile Osteoporoses
Senile Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis, Age-Related - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0015551
Preferred term Osteoporosis, Age-Related
Entry term(s) Age Related Osteoporosis
Age-Related Bone Loss
Age-Related Bone Losses
Age-Related Osteoporoses
Age-Related Osteoporosis
Bone Loss, Age Related
Bone Loss, Age-Related
Bone Losses, Age-Related
Osteoporoses, Age-Related
Osteoporosis, Age Related



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