241 results match your criteria: "Bone Center[Affiliation]"
J Bone Miner Res
December 2024
Erasmus MC Bone Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
X-linked osteoporosis, caused by PLS3 genetic variants, is a rare bone disease, clinically affecting mainly men. Limited data are available on bone microarchitecture and genotype-phenotype correlations in this disease. Our aims were to assess bone microarchitecture and strength in adults with PLS3 variants using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) and to explore differences in the phenotype from HR-pQCT between PLS3 variants.
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November 2024
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Portici, Italy.
Space agriculture, pivotal for sustainable extraterrestrial missions, requires plants that can adapt to altered gravitational conditions. This study delves into the adaptive responses to altered gravity of Wolffia globosa, an aquatic plant known for its rapid growth and high nutritional value. The research aimed to analyse the effect of simulated microgravity and hypergravity on relative growth rate (RGR), morphological characteristics, protein content, and the correlation between plant size and growth rate of Wolffia globosa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOral Dis
October 2024
Expert Center for Adults With Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Isala Hospital, Zwolle, The Netherlands.
Objective: To explore the oral health-related quality of life and its possible risk factors among adults with Osteogenesis Imperfecta using the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP)-49 questionnaire. Secondary objectives were to investigate the impact of self-reported Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Dentinogenesis Imperfecta, and age on various dental parameters.
Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire was distributed online to 417 Dutch adults with Osteogenesis Imperfecta at three national referral centers.
NPJ Genom Med
September 2024
Dutch Experiment Support Center (DESC), Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, Amsterdam Bone Center (ABC), Amsterdam UMC Location VU University Medical Center (VUmc) & Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Gustav Mahlerlaan 3004, 1081, LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
A fundamental question in human biology and for hematological disease is how do complex gene-environment interactions lead to individual disease outcome? This is no less the case for sickle cell disease (SCD), a monogenic disorder of Mendelian inheritance, both clinical course, severity, and treatment response, is variable amongst affected individuals. New insight and discovery often lie between the intersection of seemingly disparate disciplines. Recently, opportunities for space medicine have flourished and have offered a new paradigm for study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCalcif Tissue Int
November 2024
Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Orthop Surg Res
September 2024
Department of Orthopedics, Xuanwu Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Capital Medical University, 45 Changchun Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100053, China.
Background: Adverse events of the fractured vertebra (AEFV) post-percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) can lead to recurrent pain and neurological damage, which considerably affect the prognosis of patients and the quality of life. This study aimed to analyze the risk factors of AEFV and develop and select the optimal risk prediction model for AEFV to provide guidance for the prevention of this condition and enhancement of clinical outcomes.
Methods: This work included 383 patients with primary osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) who underwent PKP.
J Clin Med
August 2024
Amsterdam Bone Center, Movement Sciences Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
: Integrated orthogeriatric care has demonstrated benefits in hip fracture management for older patients. Comprehensive care pathways are essential for effective integrated care delivery, yet local variability in care pathways persists. We assessed the current hip fracture care pathways in the Netherlands, focusing on the variability between these care pathways and the degree of implementation of orthogeriatric care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Endocrinol Metab
August 2024
Erasmus MC Academic Center for Thyroid Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine.
Background: The 2022 WHO Classification categorizes oncocytic (OTC) and follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) based on the degree of capsular and vascular invasion into minimally invasive (MI), encapsulated angioinvasive (EA) and widely invasive tumors (WI). While associations with clinical outcomes have been studied extensively in FTC, robust clinical data are lacking for OTC. We aimed to investigate the impact of the reclassification of OTC and FTC by the 2022 WHO Classification on clinical outcomes.
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October 2024
Endocrinology Unit, Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi-Nesima Medical Center, Catania, Italy.
Brain metastases (BM) are the most common intracranial neoplasms in adults and are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The brain is an unusual site for distant metastases of thyroid cancer; indeed, the most common sites are lungs and bones. In this narrative review, we discuss about the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment options for patients with BM from differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pers Med
March 2024
Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The "can do, do do" framework combines measures of poor and normal physical capacity (PC, measured by a 6 min walking test, can do/can't do) and physical activity (PA, measured by accelerometer, do do/don't do) into four domains and is able to categorize patient subgroups with distinct clinical characteristics, including fall and fracture risk factors. This study aims to explore the association between domain categorization and prospective fall, fracture, and mortality outcomes. This 6-year prospective study included patients visiting a Fracture Liaison Service with a recent fracture.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Med Genet
June 2024
Reference Center for Rare Bone Diseases and Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Lariboisière, APHP, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France; INSERM UMR1132 BIOSCAR, Paris, France. Electronic address:
Osteopetrosis refers to a group of related rare bone diseases characterized by a high bone mass due to impaired bone resorption by osteoclasts. Despite the high bone mass, skeletal strength is compromised and the risk of fracture is high, particularly in the long bones. Osteopetrosis was classically categorized by inheritance pattern into autosomal recessive forms (ARO), which are severe and diagnosed within the first years of life, an intermediate form and an autosomal dominant (ADO) form; the latter with variable clinical severity and typically diagnosed during adolescence or in young adulthood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBone
May 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, P.O. Box 1926, 5900 BX Venlo, the Netherlands; NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center +, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Background: The use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) has been associated with an increased fracture risk in observational studies. However, the reported association between PPI use and bone mineral density (BMD), bone microarchitecture, and bone strength is inconsistent. This study aims to assess the association between PPI use and bone microarchitecture and strength using high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT (HR-pQCT) in a three-year follow-up study in patients with a recent fracture visiting the Fracture Liaison Service (FLS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOsteoporos Int
May 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, P.O. Box 1926, 5900 BX, Venlo, The Netherlands.
Unlabelled: Impaired physical performance is associated with increased fracture risk. Performance on four physical functioning tests and prevalence of sarcopenia were assessed for 1789 fracture patients and compared to reference data. Performance was low on all tests, especially for patients with a hip, major or ≥ 1 prevalent vertebral fracture.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Endocrinol Metab
November 2024
Erasmus MC Academic Center for Thyroid Diseases, Department of Pathology, Erasmus Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Eur J Med Genet
April 2024
Erasmus MC Bone Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address:
Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare disorder, resulting from loss-of-function variants of the ALPL gene encoding non-tissue specific alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP). Presentation varies largely, with increased severity usually occurring with earlier disease onset. Here we describe the clinical improvement of a 57-year-old woman with childhood onset HPP, after initiating treatment with asfotase alfa (Strensiq®).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Orthop Trauma
May 2024
Amsterdam Bone Center, Movement Sciences Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Objectives: To identify and compare characteristics of patients with hip fracture treated nonoperatively versus those treated operatively.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting: Hip fracture population-based study.
Lancet Rheumatol
September 2023
Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Sci Rep
January 2024
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Portici, Italy.
Understanding the response of plants to varied gravitational conditions is vital for developing effective food production in space bioregenerative life support systems. This study examines the impact of altered gravity conditions on the growth and morphological responses of Wolffia globosa (commonly known as "water lentils" or "duckweed"), assessing its potential as a space crop. Although an experiment testing the effect of simulated microgravity on Wolffia globosa has been previously conducted, for the first time, we investigated the effect of multiple gravity levels on the growth and morphological traits of Wolffia globosa plants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAge Ageing
October 2023
Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Rationale: Adults with a recent fracture have a high imminent risk of a subsequent fracture. We hypothesise that, like subsequent fracture risk, fall risk is also highest immediately after a fracture. This study aims to assess if fall risk is time-dependent in subjects with a recent fracture compared to subjects without a fracture.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Womens Health (Larchmt)
November 2023
Academic Center for Thyroid Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Calcif Tissue Int
December 2023
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Despite the risk of complications, high dose radiation therapy is increasingly utilized in the management of selected bone malignancies. In this study, we investigate the impact of moderate to high dose radiation (over 50 Gy) on bone metabolism and structure. Between 2015 and 2018, patients with a primary malignant bone tumor of the sacrum that were either treated with high dose definitive radiation only or a combination of moderate to high dose radiation and surgery were prospectively enrolled at a single institution.
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July 2023
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome associated with tumors secreting fibroblast growth factor 23 that can be cured with complete surgical resection of the tumor. However, when these tumors are at difficult locations, less invasive modalities such as thermal ablation (TA) might be a good alternative. A 40-year-old woman was seen for a second opinion because of severe hypophosphatemia with complaints of fatigue, myalgia, and muscle weakness for which she needed IV phosphate for 15 to 18 hours per day in addition to oral alfacalcidol and phosphate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Med Genet
November 2023
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Erasmus MC Bone Center, Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address:
Background: Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare inherited disorder caused by pathogenic loss-of-function variants in the ALPL gene, encoding the tissue-nonspecific isoenzym of alkaline phosphatase (ALP; TNSALP). Low serum ALP is the biochemical hallmark of HPP, but it is unknown whether ALP levels can increase due to concurring liver disease, which may lead to a missed diagnose of HPP. We present a patient with genetically confirmed HPP, who showed a transient increase of serum ALP levels due to alcohol-induced hepatitis.
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October 2023
Department of Science and Technology Innovation, University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO), Alessandria (AL), Italy.
In the age of space exploration, the effect of hypergravity on human physiology is a relatively neglected topic. However, astronauts have several experiences of hypergravity during their missions. The main disturbance of altered gravity can be imputed to cell cytoskeleton alteration and physiologic homeostasis of the body.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOrphanet J Rare Dis
September 2023
Bone Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.