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Fracture risk prediction using BMD and clinical risk factors in early postmenopausal women: Sensitivity of the WHO FRAX tool†

  1. Florence A Trémollieres1,2,3,*,
  2. Jean-Michel Pouillès1,
  3. Nicolas Drewniak4,5,
  4. Jacques Laparra1,
  5. Claude A Ribot1,2,3,
  6. Patricia Dargent-Molina4,5

Article first published online: 8 JAN 2010

DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.12

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 5, pages 1002–1009, May 2010

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Trémollieres, F. A., Pouillès, J.-M., Drewniak, N., Laparra, J., Ribot, C. A. and Dargent-Molina, P. (2010), Fracture risk prediction using BMD and clinical risk factors in early postmenopausal women: Sensitivity of the WHO FRAX tool. J Bone Miner Res, 25: 1002–1009. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.12

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  1. 1

    Menopause Center, Hôpital Paule de Viguier, Toulouse, France

  2. 2

    Unité INSERM U588/I2MR, Toulouse, France

  3. 3

    Université de Toulouse, Institut de Médecine Moléculaire de Rangueil, Toulouse, France

  4. 4

    Unité INSERM UMR S953, IFR 69, Villejuif, France

  5. 5

    UPMC Université de Paris 06, UMR S953, Paris, France

*Menopause Center and Unité INSERM (588/I2MR), CHU Rangueil, Hôpital Paule de Viguier, 330 avenue de Grande-Bretagne, TSA 70034, Toulouse, 31059 cedex 9, France.

  1. †

    Part of this study was presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR, in Denver, CO, USA, on (September 13, 2009).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 APR 2010
  2. Article first published online: 8 JAN 2010
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 8 JAN 2010 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 15 DEC 2009
  5. Manuscript Revised: 20 OCT 2009
  6. Manuscript Received: 28 JUN 2009

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