Guidelines for the detection and treatment of osteoporosis

Osteoporotic fractures are a major cause of disability and death. If we want to effectively prevent them, we should treat individuals at highrisk of fracture. Primarily, we treat patients afterosteoporotic vertebral or hip fracture, where it is required only to exclude secondary causes of osteoporos...

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Main Authors: Tomaž Kocjan, Janez Preželj, Marija Pfeifer, Mojca Jensterle Sever, Miro Čokolič, Andrej Zavratnik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Medical Association 2013-04-01
Series:Zdravniški Vestnik
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Online Access:http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/635