[Precautions required on using the predictive thresholds of the FRAX® tool to decide the need for an axial bone density scan in the Spanish population]

[Article in Spanish]

[Article in Spanish]

Rafael Azagra et al. Aten Primaria. 2012 Mar.

. 2012 Mar;44(3):183-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.aprim.2011.03.012. Epub 2011 Aug 19.

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FRAX® tool, the WHO algorithm to predict osteoporotic fractures: the first analysis of its discriminative and predictive ability in the Spanish FRIDEX cohort.
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