Search for occult secondary osteoporosis: impact of identified possible risk factors on bone mineral density
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Search for occult secondary osteoporosis: impact of identified possible risk factors on bone mineral density.
OBJECTIVES To determine whether the use of more elaborate diagnostic tests can identify possible risk factors for secondary osteoporosis and to evaluate the impact of these possible risk factors on the severity of bone disease in the study population. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS We have investigated 377 subjects (285 females, 92 males) with osteoporosis (T-score l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0954-6820,1365-2796
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2002.01040.x