Osteoporosis: disease severity and consequent fracture management.
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease responsible for the high incidence of fractures in older subjects, particularly in postmenopausal women. The increasing prevalence with population ageing and prolonged life expectancy raises the rates of associated morbidity, loss of independence, and mort...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2010
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