Intervention Thresholds and the Diagnosis of Osteoporosis.
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چکیده
A position paper of the National Bone Health Alliance recently recommended that diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis be redefined. We review the merits and demerits of this proposal and argue that the operational bone mineral density (BMD)-based definition be retained while clarity is brought to bear on the distinction between diagnostic and intervention thresholds.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
دوره 30 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015