Correspondence: Use of the FRAX equation as first-line screening of bone metabolism alteration in the HIV-infected population

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 330-331

  Gazzola, L ^a   Comi, L ^a   Savoldi, A ^a   Tagliabue, L ^b   Del Sole, A ^b   Pietrogrande, L ^a   Bini, T ^a   D'Arminio Monforte, A ^a   Marchetti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRAX ALGORITHM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FRACTURES, BONE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954731546     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653584     Document Type: Letter

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