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that is characterized by the following features :

that is characterized by the following features :

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* consequent suseptibility to fractures
* consequent suseptibility to fractures

Osteoporosis is assesed, according to WHO criteria, as BMD (bone mineral density). So called T-score is a representation
of patient's BMD expressed as number of standard deviations below or above
mean BMD of the young adult.

T-score values below 2.5 SD are defined as characteristic of osteoporosis.
Values between -1 SD and -2.5 SD are defined as osteopenia?.

Postmenopausal Osteoporosis is a pathological condition of human skeleton that is characterized by the following features :

Osteoporosis is assesed, according to WHO criteria, as BMD (bone mineral density). So called T-score is a representation of patient's BMD expressed as number of standard deviations below or above mean BMD of the young adult.

T-score values below 2.5 SD are defined as characteristic of osteoporosis. Values between -1 SD and -2.5 SD are defined as osteopenia?.


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