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Prevalent and Incident Vertebral Deformities in Midlife Women: Results from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

BACKGROUND: Vertebral fractures are the most common type of osteoporotic fracture among women, but estimates of their prevalence and incidence during middle-age are limited. The development of vertebral morphometry (VM) using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) makes it more feasible to measure V...

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Autores principales: Greendale, Gail A., Wilhalme, Holly, Huang, Mei-Hua, Cauley, Jane A., Karlamangla, Arun S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5033403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27657693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162664