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Assessment of osteoporosis using the FRAX method and the importance of vitamin D levels in COPD patients

BACKGROUND: The aim of this paper was to evaluate the availability of FRAX for assessing osteoporosis risk, and to demonstrate the importance of vitamin D levels in COPD patients. METHODS: Fourty-six males who fulfilled the COPD diagnostic criteria defined by GOLD were included. Age, race, BMI, phys...

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Autores principales: Anar, Ceyda, Yüksel Yavuz, Melike, Güldaval, Filiz, Varol, Yelda, Kalenci, Dilek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5756431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29318009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40248-017-0116-1