Failure to treat osteoporosis and the risk of subsequent fractures in elderly patients with previous hip fracture: A five-year retrospective study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 96-99

  Formiga, Francesc ^a   Rivera, Agnes ^a   Nolla, Juan Miquel ^a   Coscujuela, Antonio ^a   Sole, Ana ^a   Pujol, Ramón ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hip fracture; Osteoporosis; Re fracture

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 23244445973     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324580     Document Type: Article

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