FRAX score in acromegaly: Does it tell the whole story?

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 614-616

  Brzana, Jessica ^a   Yedinak, Chris G ^a,b   Hameed, Nadia ^a   Fleseriu, Maria ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; GROWTH HORMONE; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE TURNOVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY OSTEOPOROSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACROMEGALY; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84895924962     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12262     Document Type: Letter

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