Osteoporosis and osteomalacia are, to date, among the most common metabolic diseases in
the world. Lately, an association between metabolic bone diseases and chronic liver
disease has been increasingly reported, inducing many authors to create a new
nosographic entity known as 'hepatic osteodystrophy.'The importance of such a condition is
further increased by the morbidity of these two diseases, which greatly reduce the quality of
life because of frequent fractures, especially vertebral and femoral neck ones. For this …

Osteoporosis and osteomalacy are, to date, among the most common metabolic disease in
the world. Recently, association between metabolic bone diseases and chronic liver
diseases has been increasingly reported, inducing many authors to create a new
nosographic entity known as “hepatic osteodystrophy”. The importance of such a condition
is, moreover, further increased by morbidity of these two diseases, which greatly reduce
patients quality of life because of frequent fractures, especially vertebral and femoral neck …