Publications by authors named "Hella Sahli"
Background: Postmenopausal osteoporosis is especially female pathology, whose incidence increases with age.
Aim: The purposes of this study are to evaluate the level of bone turnover by the determination of markers of bone formation (PAL, BAP) and marker of bone resorption (CTX) in the osteoporotic women, to study the correlations between bone biochemical markers, clinical parameters and radiological measurements and to assess the interest of biochemical markers therapeutic monitoring after 6 months of antiresorptive treatment.
Methods: The authors report a prospective study of 134 osteoporotic women classified in two groups according to the presence of osteoporotic fracture.