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Prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in stable patients of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Sub-Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh, India

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lifestyle-related chronic inflammatory pulmonary disease and a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Osteoporosis and osteopenia are common observations in COPD and degree of the loss of bone mineral density (BMD) has been foun...

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Autores principales: Nayyar, Nishant, Sood, R. G., Sarkar, Malay, Tomar, Ashwani, Thakur, Vijay, Bhoil, Rohit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29417015
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.222013