Fetal programming and etiology of osteoporosis
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Epidemiology, etiology, and diagnosis of osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is a major cause of morbidity among the elderly; more than 40% of women will suffer from fractures by the time they reach the age of 70. Recent research has focused on the determinants of postmenopausal osteopenia and of postmenopausal osteoporosis. The bone density of elderly people may depend on peak bone mass in adolescence, and recent studies have tried to define the respective...
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عنوان ژورنال: Polish Gynaecology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0017-0011
DOI: 10.17772/gp/58795