Risk of osteoporotic fracture in women using the FRAX tool with and without bone mineral density score in patients followed at a tertiary outpatient clinic ‒ An observational study

OBJECTIVES: Fragility fractures increase morbidity and mortality. Adding assessment of clinical risk factors independently or as a previous step to Bone Densitometry (BD) should provide better accuracy in fracture risk prediction. FRAX tool might be used to stratify patients in order to rationalize...

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Autores principales: Favarato, Maria Helena Sampaio, Almeida, Maria Flora de, Lichtenstein, Arnaldo, Martins, Milton de Arruda, Junior, Mario Ferreira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8918849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35290857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinsp.2022.100015

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