Abstracts tagged "dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 2213 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Factors Associated with Bone Structure in an SLE Cohort Measured by Clinical 3T MRI and DEXA
Amit Saxena¹, Peter Izmirly ², Jill Buyon ², Stephen Honig ², Xiaoliu Zhang ³, Punam Saha ⁴, H. Michael Belmont ⁵ and Gregory Chang ², ¹New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²NYU School of Medicine, New York, ³University of Iowa, Iowa City, ⁴University of Iowa Healthcare, Iowa City, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, Ney York
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis and bone fractures are a frequent cause of morbidity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and are felt to be related both to disease…