University thesis:
Dissertation, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2022
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Description:
Introduction Mastocytosis is a group of rare diseases with a clonal proliferation of mast cells in one or more organs. Systemic mastocytosis has been described as the second most frequent cause of secondary osteoporosis (after steroid-induced loss of bone mass) at 1.25%. The purpose of this study was to review measures of diagnosis, clinical symptoms, organ involvement and long-term follow-up after therapy with bisphosphonates. Materials and Methods This retrospective, monocentric observational study was conducted in an osteological center during the period between 2005 - 2015. From a total...