Re: Osteoporosis among male Saudi Arabs: a pilot study
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Osteoporosis among male Saudi Arabs: a pilot study.
BACKGROUND Little attention has been paid to the problem of male osteoporosis in Saudi Arabia. In this prospective study we assessed the prevalence of male osteoporosis among Saudi Arabs. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We studied Saudi Arabian males >50 years of age attending outpatient clinics at King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, between 1 May 2005 and 30 January 2006. We determined bod...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Saudi Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0256-4947,0975-4466
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2007.131