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The FRAX-based Lebanese osteoporosis treatment guidelines: rationale for a hybrid model

The FRAX-based Lebanese osteoporosis treatment guidelines: rationale for a hybrid model

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The FRAX-based Lebanese osteoporosis treatment guidelines: rationale for a hybrid model

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Full title

The FRAX-based Lebanese osteoporosis treatment guidelines: rationale for a hybrid model

Publisher

London: Springer London

Journal title

Osteoporosis international, 2017-01, Vol.28 (1), p.127-137

Language

English

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London: Springer London

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Contents

Summary
We describe our approach to develop FRAX-based osteoporosis treatment guidelines in Lebanon, a country with low-moderate fracture rates. A hybrid assessment algorithm that combines a fixed 10 % intervention threshold until age 70 years, and an age-dependent threshold thereafter, was deemed most suitable.
Introduction
The FRAX risk...

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The FRAX-based Lebanese osteoporosis treatment guidelines: rationale for a hybrid model

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1868336067

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1868336067

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ISSN

0937-941X

E-ISSN

1433-2965

DOI

10.1007/s00198-016-3766-5

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