Erschienen in:
01.01.2005 | Editorial
Fractures in osteoporosis: the challenge for the new millennium
verfasst von:
J.-Y. Reginster, N. Sarlet, M.-P. Lecart
Erschienen in:
Osteoporosis International
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Sonderheft 1/2005
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Excerpt
Osteoporosis is the most common form of metabolic bone disease affecting the skeletal system as a whole. It is characterized by bone fragility due to low bone mass and modifications of the internal bone structure with alterations of its microarchitecture. Bone fragility results in an increase in susceptibility to fractures occurring after minor trauma, and is the clinical end point of this disease. …