Leg pain may reveal vertebral osteoporosis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2621-2622

  Sailhan, Frédéric ^a   Funck Brentano, Thomas ^a   Dougados, Maxime ^a   Anract, Philippe ^a  

^a Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISEDRONIC ACID; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; COUGHING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STANDING; STENOSIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; LEG; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 70450184382     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090452     Document Type: Letter

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