Outcomes in Severe Osteoporotic Women in Korea Using Sequential Treatment.

نویسندگان

  • B R M Kim
  • R Burge
  • T M Klein
  • L J Smolen
چکیده

• Bone mineral density (BMD) is used as an indicator of osteoporosis. BMD is measured and quantified by T-score, whose units are standard deviations relative to that of young, healthy adults (Young Adult Mean [YAM]). The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) defines osteoporosis as a T-score of -2.5 or lower, i.e., worse. Severe osteoporosis is defined as a T-score of -2.5 or lower, and presence of at least one fragility fracture.1

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

دوره 17 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014