Dr. Elizabeth Mattson This is Me

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 Web References

1. 1. King's Daughters: Family Practice Specialists

   www.kdhosp.org/01_family.html - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/23/2006   Last Visited: 1/23/2006

   Elizabeth Mattson, M.D. 1905 SW H.K. Dodgen Loop Temple, TX 76502 (254) 298-2480

2. 2. Morristown News Release

   www.researchsolutionscorp.com/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/15/2004   Last Visited: 9/3/2007

   stated Elizabeth Mattson, MD, at King's Daughters Clinic.

3. 3. The Killeen Daily Herald | Special Series

   www.kdhnews.com/titlenine4.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/13/2002   Last Visited: 4/3/2005

   "The female athlete triad can be a dangerous health condition," said Dr. Elizabeth Mattson, a family practice physician with King's Daughters Clinics.
   ...
   "Amenorrhea isn't serious in itself," Mattson said, "it's what could follow."
   
   Osteoporosis, for example, could develop as a result of amennorhea, she said.
   
   Amennorhea often results in low estrogen levels, and if estrogen levels are low and calcium intake is reduced, there's a good chance that bones will be weakened.
   
   The initial outcome may be frequent stress fractures - an injury that happens almost twice as often in female athletes than in male ones, according to the American Journal of Orthopedics - and the long-term outcome may be permanent bone damage.
   
   And since some studies have shown that neither weight gain nor estrogen therapy can restore bone mass fully in patients with amenorrhea, early identification of at-risk women and appropriate interventions are key, Mattson said.