Evaluation of bone remodelling parameters after one year treatment with alendronate in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.

Antiresorptive agents are widely used to treat osteoporosis. Both reduction in bone turnover and increase in BMD may be necessary to decrease the fracture risk. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of aledronate on bone turnover markers and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.

[Thyroid scintigraphy as diagnostic method evaluation of thyroid diseases].

The thyroid is one of the largest endocrine glands in the body. It may enlarge substanially during pregnancy and when affected by a variety of diseases. The thyroid gland produces hormones, that regulates all metabolic processes and affect the growth and rate of functioning of many other systems in the body.

[Evaluation of thyroid diseases in nuclear medicine].

The thyroid is one of the larger endocrine glands in the body. The thyroid size is 15-20 gr. The gland produces hormones that regulate all metabolic processes in large number of tissues in the body, and produces hormones that affect the growth and rate of function of many other systems in the body.