A simple score for estimating the long-term risk of fracture in patients with multiple sclerosis.
OBJECTIVE: To derive a simple score for estimating the long-term risk of osteoporotic and hip fracture in individual patients with MS. METHODS: Using the UK General Practice Research Database linked to the National Hospital Registry (1997-2008), we identified patients with incident MS (n = 5,494). T...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2012
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