| Literature DB >> 20464543 |
R D Blank1, J P Bilezikian, S L Bonnick, A J Laster, E S Leib, E M Lewiecki, P D Miller, N B Watts, N Binkley.
Abstract
Low trauma fractures are the cardinal manifestation of osteoporosis. Their occurrence supersedes bone mineral density in deciding whether specific therapy is warranted. We therefore disagree with the notion that a densitometric threshold for treatment should be applied to patients over age 50 who suffer low trauma distal radius fracture.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20464543 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-010-1269-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Osteoporos Int ISSN: 0937-941X Impact factor: 4.507