Uncommon transient osteoporosis of pregnancy at multiple sites associated with cytomegalovirus infection: is there a link?

Isr Med Assoc J. 2011 Nov;13(11):709-11.

Authors

Michael Rozenbaum¹, Nina Boulman, Doron Rimar, Lisa Kaly, Itzhak Rosner, Gleb Slobodin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Bnai Zion Medical Center affiliated with Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

PMID: 22279710

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Absorptiometry, Photon
Adult
Alendronate / therapeutic use
Ankle Joint / diagnostic imaging
Bone Density Conservation Agents / therapeutic use
Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications*
Cytomegalovirus Infections / virology
Diphosphonates / therapeutic use
Female
Hip Joint / diagnostic imaging
Hip Joint / pathology
Humans
Knee Joint / diagnostic imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Osteoporosis / complications*
Osteoporosis / diagnosis
Osteoporosis / drug therapy*
Pamidronate
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications / drug therapy*
Pregnancy Complications / virology
Radionuclide Imaging

Substances

Bone Density Conservation Agents
Diphosphonates
Pamidronate
Alendronate