Are we missing osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures in men?

Asian Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-110

  Sadat Ali, Mir ^a   Gullenpet, Abid Hussain ^a   Al Turki, Haifa A ^a   Abdulrahman, Tamar W ^a   Al Elq, Abdulmohsen H ^a   Azzam, Mohammed Quamar ^a   Al Shammary, Hadia ^a   Al Omran, Abdallah S ^a   Al Othman, Abdallah A ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Male osteoporosis; Saudi arabians; Vertebral fractures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858071915     PISSN: 19761902     EISSN: 19767846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2011.5.2.107     Document Type: Article

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