Publications by authors named "Rosa Ros-Vilamajo"
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- Oxidative damage from alcohol may impact bone health by affecting osteoblasts and osteoclasts, and alcoholics often have lower selenium levels.
- A study was conducted using male rats to see if selenium supplementation could improve bone changes caused by ethanol and low protein diets.
- Results showed that selenium did not positively affect bone parameters, even though selenium levels in serum and bone increased after supplementation.
Osteoporosis is frequent among alcoholics all by a direct effect of ethanol, malnutrition, and liver failure. Therefore, it may be related to survival. The aim of this study was to assess bone mineral density (BMD), bone mineral content, hormonal status, and to determine prognostic value of these parameters in a total of 124 alcoholics followed up for a median period of 57 months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCytokines are mediators of the inflammatory response, secreted by many tissues, including adipocytes. Chronic alcoholic liver disease and alcoholic hepatitis are associated with elevated serum cytokine levels which yield prognostic value in this situation. Most studies have been performed in patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis.
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