Clinical relevance of vertebral fractures

Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Jan;66(1):2-4. doi: 10.1136/ard.2006.058313.

Abstract

Why are vertebral fractures so often overlooked?

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / diagnostic imaging
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / complications*
  • Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / diagnostic imaging
  • Patient Selection
  • Radiography
  • Recurrence
  • Rheumatic Diseases / complications*
  • Rheumatic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Risk
  • Spinal Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Fractures / etiology*
  • Spine / diagnostic imaging