Frequency of Osteomalacia in elderly patients with hip fractures

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 273-276

  Riaz, Salman ^a   Alam, Mehboob ^b   Umer, Masood ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURE; PAKISTAN;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOMALACIA; PAKISTAN;

EID: 34248650942     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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