Understanding risk factors, screening, and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Johnson, Nicole K; Clifford, Timothy; Smith, Kelly M · Orthopedics · 2008

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Abstract

Between 30% and 50% of American women will endure a clinical fracture during their lifetime due to the loss of bone mineral density that occurs with menopausal estrogen loss. This article is part one in a two-part series on osteoporosis. Part two will appear in the August 2008 issue of ORTHOPEDICS.

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