Femoral osteoporosis is more common than lumbar osteoporosis in patients with Werner syndrome

Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2017 May;17(5):854-856. doi: 10.1111/ggi.12960.

Authors

Seijiro Mori¹, Heying Zhou¹, Masaya Yamaga^{2

3}, Minoru Takemoto^{2

3}, Koutaro Yokote^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Center for the Promotion of Clinical Investigation, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Clinical Cell Biology and Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
³ Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.

PMID: 28508498
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12960

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Femur
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae
Osteoporosis / epidemiology*
Werner Syndrome / epidemiology*
Werner Syndrome / therapy