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Human Evolution and Osteoporosis-Related Spinal Fractures

The field of evolutionary medicine examines the possibility that some diseases are the result of trade-offs made in human evolution. Spinal fractures are the most common osteoporosis-related fracture in humans, but are not observed in apes, even in cases of severe osteopenia. In humans, the developm...

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Autores principales: Cotter, Meghan M., Loomis, David A., Simpson, Scott W., Latimer, Bruce, Hernandez, Christopher J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3197574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22028933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026658