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Do we need bone mineral density to estimate osteoporotic fracture risk? A 10-year prospective multicentre validation study

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the performance of FRAX®, with and without bone mineral densitometry (BMD), in predicting the occurrence of fragility fractures over 10 years. METHODS: Participants aged ≥40 years at baseline, with a complete set of data and a minimum of 8.5 years of follow-up were identified fro...

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Autores principales: Marques, Andréa, Lucas, Raquel, Simões, Eugénia, Verstappen, Suzanne M M, Jacobs, Johannes W G, da Silva, Jose A P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5623321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29018567
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2017-000509