Falling short: Underestimation of fracture risk in atypical parkinsonian syndromes

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 692-693

  Yarnall, Alison J ^a   Duncan, Gordon W ^a   Khoo, Tien K ^a   Burn, David J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FALLING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARKINSONISM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE;

EID: 84861184746     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.01.004     Document Type: Letter

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