Association of prevalent vertebral fractures, bone density, and alendronate treatment with incident vertebral fractures: Effect of number and spinal location of fractures

Bone

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 613-619

  Nevitt, M C ^a   Ross, P D ^b   Palermo, L ^a   Musliner, T ^b   Genant, H K ^c   Thompson, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alendronate; Bone density; Clinical trials; Osteoporosis; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCIUM; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALENDRONATE; BONE DENSITY; BONE RESORPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0032872263     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(99)00202-1     Document Type: Article

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