Vertebral fractures in patients on dialysis: A clinically relevant problem with insufficient investigation

NDT Plus

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 464-465

  Fusaro, Maria ^a   D'Angelo, Angela ^a   Gallieni, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS;

BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FRACTURE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR SPINE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 56749092144     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfn113     Document Type: Letter

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