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Longitudinal analysis of vertebral fracture and BMD in a Canadian cohort of adult cystic fibrosis patients

BACKGROUND: Vertebral fractures in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) may contribute to an accelerated decline in lung function and can be a contraindication to lung transplantation. In this study, we examined longitudinal change in bone mineral density (BMD) and the prevalence of vertebral fracture...

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Autores principales: Papaioannou, Alexandra, Kennedy, Courtney C, Freitag, Andreas, O'Neill, John, Pui, Margaret, Ioannidis, George, Webber, Colin, Pathak, Anjali, Hansen, Suzanne, Hennessey, Rosamund, Adachi, Jonathan D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2567975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18801200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-9-125