Smith Da

Autoimmune disease occurs when the immune system attacks self-molecules as a result of a breakdown of immunologic tolerance to autoreactive immune cells. Many autoimmune disorders have been strongly associated with genetic, infectious, and/…

Prospective studies of bone mass in women following oophorectomy for benign conditions were done by the double-blind technique. Skeletal response to treatment was measured by photon absorption densitometry. Untreated patients were found to …

The role of oophorectomy in the development of osteoporosis was assessed retrospectively in 258 women who had been hysterectomized premenopausally for non-malignant disease. Bone density was assessed using the radiographic density of the th…