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‘Skeletal Age’ for mapping the impact of fracture on mortality

BACKGROUND: Fragility fracture is associated with an increased risk of mortality, but mortality is not part of doctor-patient communication. Here, we introduce a new concept called ‘Skeletal Age’ as the age of an individual’s skeleton resulting from a fragility fracture to convey the combined risk o...

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Autores principales: Tran, Thach, Ho-Le, Thao, Bliuc, Dana, Abrahamsen, Bo, Hansen, Louise, Vestergaard, Peter, Center, Jacqueline R, Nguyen, Tuan V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10188111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37188349
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83888