Vertebral fractures

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1634-1642

  Ensrud, Kristine E ^a,b,c   Schousboe, John T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Park Nicollet Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CALCIUM; IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRAMADOL; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE DENSITY; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; KYPHOSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 79955517900     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp1009697     Document Type: Article

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