Fragility fractures: The clinical pathway

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Cerocchi, Irene ^a   Ghera, Stefano ^b   Gasbarra, Elena ^a   Scialdoni, Alessandro ^a   Tarantino, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical management; Diagnosis; Fragility fracture; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SECONDARY OSTEOPOROSIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; BONE DENSITY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84886810519     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-013-0089-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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