Osteoporotic vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women

American Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1315-1322

  Millard, Peter S ^a   Rosen, Clifford J ^b   Johnson, Kenneth H ^a  

^a EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; SALCATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; BACKACHE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0030974829     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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