Tone the Bones of Your Chronic Liver Disease Patients
published online 27 April 2009.
Bone is a specialized support tissue which acts as a calcium deposit, an acid-base buffer, and because of its rigidity and hardness gives form to the body and protects internal organs. Osteoporosis is an asymptomatic disease characterized by low bone mineral density (BMD) with microarchitectural disruption, and increased risk of fracture.
Departments of Nutrition Sciences and Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.
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