loading...| Preferred Name | Osteoporosis | |
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| Definitions |
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone density and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue with a consequent increase in bone fragility. According to the WHO criteria, osteoporosis is defined as a BMD that lies 2.5 standard deviations or more below the average value for young healthy adults (a T-score below -2.5 SD). |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000939 |
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| curator note |
Provide source for additional info. |
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| database cross reference |
HP:0000939 |
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| definition |
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone density and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue with a consequent increase in bone fragility. According to the WHO criteria, osteoporosis is defined as a BMD that lies 2.5 standard deviations or more below the average value for young healthy adults (a T-score below -2.5 SD). |
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| existence in other ontologies |
Sufficient |
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| is caused by |
Genetic predisposition, low calcium diet, getting little exercise, smoking, decrease in estrogen at the menopause, steroid medicine use for a long time, Vitamin D insufficiency. |
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| is characterised by |
Bone pain, backache, gradual loss of height, stooped posture, fractures. |
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| prefixIRI |
HP:0000939 |
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| prefLabel |
Osteoporosis |
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| previous identifier |
SCDO:0000844 |
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| rdfs:label |
Osteoporosis |
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| skos:prefLabel |
Osteoporosis |
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