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Meet the Professor
Bente Langdahl (Aarhus, Denmark)
Thyroid disease and bone
Thursday 11 May 2006
13.00-14.00
Topics to be covered
- Thyroid diseases influence bone metabolism. Hyperthyroidism
increases bone turnover and results in bone loss and increased fracture
risk. Hypothyroidism
decreases bone turnover.
- How can this knowledge can be transformed into rutine handling of
patients with thyroid diseases
- If and when DXA and biochemical markers
can be used in patients with
thyroid diseases.
Educational goals
- To discuss a clinical approach to the problem
in daily day practice
- To outline a guideline for bone health in thyroid disease
Who should attend?
- Anyone interested in the topic
- Clinicians taking care of patients with thyroid diseases
- Researchers working in this field
Teaching methods
- Informal, small group, interactive session
- After a short introduction
the session will be an informal interactive session
- The participants
are encouraged to bring cases and ideas and suggestions for clinical
guidelines.
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