FRAX first – Pragmatic approach in resource poor settings

FRAX first – Pragmatic approach in resource poor settings

Background: Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) is a fracture prediction tool that uses clinical risk factors with or without bone mineral density (BMD). BMD is difficult to obtain in resource-limited setting. Hence, we aimed to compare fracture risk prediction by FRAX without BMD (FRAX) and FRAX w...

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Main Authors: Adlyne Reena Asirvatham, Karthik Balachandran, Subramanian Kannan, Satish K Balasubramaniam, Shriraam Mahadevan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:
Fracture risk
fracture risk assessment tool
osteoporosis
Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2018;volume=22;issue=6;spage=757;epage=759;aulast=Asirvatham

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