Male Osteoporosis in the Elderly

Osteoporosis is now recognized as an important public health problem in elderly men as fragility fractures are complicated by increased morbidity, mortality, and social costs. This review comprises an overview of recent findings in pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of male osteoporosis, with...

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Autores principales: D'Amelio, Patrizia, Isaia, Giovanni Carlo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4592737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26457082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/907689
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spelling pubmed-45927372015-10-11 Male Osteoporosis in the Elderly D'Amelio, Patrizia Isaia, Giovanni Carlo Int J Endocrinol Review Article Osteoporosis is now recognized as an important public health problem in elderly men as fragility fractures are complicated by increased morbidity, mortality, and social costs. This review comprises an overview of recent findings in pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of male osteoporosis, with particular regard to the old population. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4592737/ /pubmed/26457082 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/907689 Text en Copyright © 2015 P. D'Amelio and G. C. Isaia. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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