Scientific Commons: STEFAN GOEMAERE

Estrogen-specific action on bone geometry and volumetric bone density: longitudinal observations in an adult with complete androgen insensitivity (2009)

Lapauw, Bruno, Vandewalle, Sara, Zmierczak, Hans, Goemaere, Stefan, ...

INTRODUCTION: Sex steroids have distinct effects on bone growth and maintenance in men and women, mediated through their respective steroid receptors. Though most evidence is derived from animal...

Polymorphisms of the SHBG gene contribute to the interindividual variation of sex steroid hormone blood levels in young, middle-aged and elderly men (2009)

Vanbillemont, Griet, Bogaert, Veerle, De Bacquer, Dirk, Lapauw, Bruno, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, Toye, Kaatje, ...

In men there is a large interindividual variation of SHBG levels and consequently of testosterone (T) and E-2 levels. Family and twin studies suggested a strong genetic contribution, besides...

Evidence-based guidelines for the use of biochemical markers of bone turnover in the selection and monitoring of bisphosphonate treatment in osteoporosis: a consensus document of the Belgian Bone Club (2009)

Bergmann, Pierre, Body, Jean-Jacques, Boonen, Steven, Boutsen, Yves, Devogelaer, JP, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, ...

To review the clinical value of bone turnover markers (BTM), to initiate and/or monitor anti-resorptive treatment for osteoporosis compared with bone mineral density (BMD) and to evaluate suitable...

Prevalence of Low Bone Mass in Relation to Estrogen Treatment and Body Composition in Male-to-Female Transsexual Persons (2009)

T'Sjoen, Guy, WEYERS, STEVEN, Taes, Youri, Lapauw, Bruno, Toye, Kaatje, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, ...

Bone health is a parameter of interest in the daily follow-up of male-to-female (M -> F) transsexual persons both before and after sex reassignment surgery (SRS) due to an intensely changing hormonal...

Effects of long-term strontium ranelate treatment on the risk of nonvertebral and vertebral fractures in postmenopausal osteoporosis - Results of a five-year, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (2008)

Felsenberg, Dieter, Diez-Perez, Adolfo, Rizzoli, Rene, Brandi, Maria-Luisa, ...

Objective. This study was undertaken to assess the effect of strontium ranelate on nonvertebral and vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis in a 5-year, double-blind,...

Effects of long-term strontium ranelate treatment on the risk of nonvertebral and vertebral fractures in postmenopausal osteoporosis: Results of a five-year, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (2008)

Felsenberg, Dieter, Diez-Perez, Adolfo, Rizzoli, Rene, Brandi, Maria-Luisa, ...

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to assess the effect of strontium ranelate on nonvertebral and vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis in a 5-year, double-blind,...

Heritability of blood concentrations of sex-steroids in relation to body composition in young adult male siblings (2008)

Bogaert, Veerle, Taes, Youri, KONINGS, P, Van Steen, Kristel, De Bacquer, Dirk, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, ...

A genome-wide linkage scan for low spinal bone mineral density in a single extended family confirms linkage to 1p36.3 (2008)

Willaert, Andy, Van Pottelbergh, Inge, Zmierczak, Hans-Georg, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, Kaufman, Jean, De Paepe, Anne, ...

Estrogen as a determinant of femoral bone strength in elderly men (2008)

GOEMAERE, STEFAN, Lapauw, Bruno, Taes, Youri, Zmierczak, Hans-Georg, Kaufman, Jean

Management of patients with Paget's disease: a consensus document of the Belgian Bone Club (2008)

DEVOGELAER, JP, BERGMANN, P, BODY, JJ, BOUTSEN, Y, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, Kaufman, Jean, ...

The decline of serum testosterone levels in community-dwelling men over 70 years of age : descriptive data and predictors of longitudinal changes. (2008)

Lapauw, Bruno, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, Zmierczak, Hans-Georg, VAN POTTELBERGH, I, Mahmoud, Ahmed, Taes, Youri, ...

Audiologic and genetic characterization of hearing loss in Osteogenesis Imperfecta (2008)

Swinnen, Freya, De Leenheer, Els, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, De Paepe, Anne, CREMERS, C, Coucke, Paul, ...

Body composition, volumetric and areal bone parameters in male-to-female transsexual persons (2008)

Lapauw, Bruno, Taes, Youri, Simoens, Steven, Van Caenegem, Eva, WEYERS, STEVEN, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, ...

To provide data on bone metabolism, geometry and volumetric bone mineral density in M -> F transsexual persons. Design/setting/participants: Twenty-three M -> F transsexual persons, recruited from...

Serum estradiol is associated with volumetric bone mineral density and modulates the impact of physical activity on bone size at the age of peak bone mass: a study in healthy male siblings (2008)

Lapauw, Bruno, Taes, Youri, Bogaert, Veerle, Vanbillemont, Griet, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, Zmierczak, Hans-Georg, ...

Introduction: This study investigates determinants of peak bone mass (PBM) in healthy men, focusing on effects and interactions of parameters reflecting mechanical loading and sex steroids. Methods:...

Osteoporosis in men (2008)

Kaufman, Jean, GOEMAERE, STEFAN

About one in three osteoporotic fractures occur in men, and the consequences of fractures are more severe in men. However, only too few men at high risk of fracture are detected and treated. There is...

Effects of long-term strontium ranelate treatment on the risk of nonvertebral and vertebral fractures in postmenopausal osteoporosis: Results of a five-year, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. (2008)

Reginster, Jean-Yves, Felsenberg, Dieter, Boonen, Steven, Diez-Perez, Adolfo, Rizzoli, Rene, Brandi, Maria*-Luisa, ...

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to assess the effect of strontium ranelate on nonvertebral and vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis in a 5-year, double-blind,...

The diagnosis and treatment of male osteoporosis: Defining, assessing, and preventing skeletal fragility in men (2007)

Kaufman, Jean-Marc, Goemaere, Stefan

Male osteoporosis is associated with a significant burden in terms of morbidity, mortality, and economic cost. Despite recent advances in the understanding of the male osteoporotic syndrome, the...

Management of cancer treatment-induced bone loss in early breast and prostate cancer - a consensus paper of the Belgian Bone Club (2007)

BODY, JJ, BERGMANN, P, Boonen, Sylvie, BOUTSEN, Y, DEVOGELAER, JP, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, ...

Part of the interindividual variation in serum testosterone levels in healthy men reflects differences in androgen sensitivity and feedback set point: Contribution of the androgen receptor polyglutamine tract polymorphism (2007)

Crabbe, Patricia, Bogaert, Veerle, De Bacquer, Dirk, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, Zmierczak, Hans-Georg, Kaufman, Jean

Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry-based assessment of male patients using standardized bone density values and a national reference database (2007)

GOEMAERE, STEFAN, VANDERSCHUEREN, D, Kaufman, Jean, REGINSTER, JY, BOUTSEN, Y, PORIAU, S, ...

Is the effect of testosterone on body composition modulated by the androgen receptor gene CAG repeat polymorphism in elderly men? (2007)

Lapauw, Bruno, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, Crabbe, Patricia, Kaufman, Jean, RUIGE, JOHANNES

Osteochondral repair in synovial joints (2007)

VERBRUGGEN, G, Wittoek, Ruth, Groeneboer, Sara, Vander Cruyssen, Bert, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, Elewaut, Dirk

The diagnosis and treatment of male osteoporosis: Defining, assessing, and preventing skeletal fragility in men (2007)

BOONEN, S, Kaufman, Jean, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, BOUILLON, R, VANDERSCHUEREN, D

Evidence-based guidelines for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: a consensus document of the Belgian Bone Club (2006)

Goemaere, Stefan, Body, Jean-Jacques, Kaufman, Jean-Marc, Reginster, Jean-Yves, ...

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are frequently prescribed for various inflammatory and/or life-threatening conditions concerning many systems in the body. However, they can provoke many aftereffects, of which...

Are serum leptin and the Gln223Arg polymorphism of the leptin receptor determinants of bone homeostasis in elderly men? (2006)

Crabbe, Patricia, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, Zmierczak, Hans-Georg, VAN POTTELBERGH, I, De Bacquer, Dirk, Kaufman, Jean

Vitamin D binding protein, bone status and body composition in community-dwelling elderly men. (2006)

Taes, Youri, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, HUANG, GM, VAN POTTELBERGH, I, De Bacquer, Dirk, Verhasselt, Bruno, ...

Evidence-based guidelines for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: a consensus document of the Belgian Bone Club (2006)

DEVOGELAER, JP, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, BOONEN, S, BODY, JJ, Kaufman, Jean, REGINSTER, JY, ...

Belgian bone specialists are eagerly looking to the availability of new medications in osteoporosis (2006)

GOEMAERE, STEFAN, BERGMANN, P, BODY, JJ, BOONEN, S, BOUTSEN, Y, DEVOGELAER, JP, ...

Detection of vertebral fractures on routine chest rays: The stof study (2006)

GOEMAERE, STEFAN, BOUTSEN, Y, DUREZ, P, VANSLEMBROUCK, J, NISOLLE, JF, Verstraete, Koenraad, ...

Contribution of serum insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and the cytosine-adenosine repeat polymorphism of the IGF-I gene to bone homeostasis in elderly men (2006)

CRABBE, P, BOIE, A, GOEMAERE, STEFAN, Zmierczak, Hans-Georg, VAN POTTELBERGH, I, Toye, Kaatje, ...