High incidence of osteoporosis and fractures in an aging post-polio population

European Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 369-374

  Mohammad, Ausaf F ^a   Khan, Khalid Ali ^a   Galvin, Leo ^b   Hardiman, Orla ^b   O'Connell, Paul G ^a  

^a Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Falls; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Poliomyelitis

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RALOXIFENE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EPIDEMIC; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 70349583957     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000242444     Document Type: Article

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