Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroudPrimary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is associated with impaired bone quality and increased fracture risk. Reliable tools for the evaluation of bone quality parameters are not yet clinically available. Bone Strain Index (BSI) is a new metric for bone strength based on Finite Element Analysis from lumbar spine and femoral neck dual X-ray absorptiometry images.AimTo assess the lumbar spine (LS), femoral ...

Background: The normocalcaemic hyperparathyroidism (NHPT) has been defined as a condition with persistently normal total and ionized calcium levels in the presence of high levels of PTH. The clinical aspects of NHPT have been evaluated in different cohorts but the interpretation of these findings is confounded by differing methods used to rule out secondary hyperparathyroidism and by the small number of NHPT subjects enrolled. Up to now, there is no information available that ...