Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 7 , Pages 2348-2356, June 2010

Low Bone Mass and Severity of Cholestasis Affect Fracture Risk in Patients With Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

  • Núria Guañabens

      Affiliations

    • Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit, Service of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Núria Guañabens, Service of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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  • Dacia Cerdá

      Affiliations

    • Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit, Service of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Ana Monegal

      Affiliations

    • Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit, Service of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Francesca Pons

      Affiliations

    • Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit, Service of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Llorenç Caballería

      Affiliations

    • CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Pilar Peris

      Affiliations

    • Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit, Service of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Albert Parés

      Affiliations

    • CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Received 16 November 2009; accepted 9 February 2010. published online 22 February 2010.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported, in part, by Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, and FIS-08/0105, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain.

PII: S0016-5085(10)00207-6

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2010.02.016

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 7 , Pages 2348-2356, June 2010