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Review
. 2019 Mar;104(3):235-238.
doi: 10.1007/s00223-018-00512-x.

Executive summary of the European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

J A Kanis  1   2 , C Cooper  3   4 , R Rizzoli  5 , J-Y Reginster  6   7 ; Scientific Advisory Board of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) and the Committees of Scientific Advisors and National Societies of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)
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Executive summary of the European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

J A Kanis et al. Calcif Tissue Int. 2019 Mar.

Abstract

A guidance on the assessment and treatment of postmenopausal women at risk from fractures due to osteoporosis was recently published in Osteoporosis International as a joint effort of the International Osteoporosis Foundation and European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (Kanis et al. in Osteoporos Int https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-018-4704-5 , 2018). This manuscript updates the previous guidelines document, published in 2013 (Kanis et al. in Osteoporos Int 24:23-57, 2013) and is written in a European perspective. The present article reports and summarizes the main recommendations included in this 2018 guidance document.

Keywords: Bone mineral density; Diagnosis of osteoporosis; FRAX; Fracture risk assessment; Health economics; Treatment of osteoporosis.

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    1. Kanis JA, Cooper C, Rizzoli R, Reginster JY, on behalf of the Scientific Advisory Board of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) and the Committee of Scientific Advisors and the Committee of National Societies of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Osteoporosis International. 2018 doi: 10.1007/s00198-018-4704-5. [Epub ahead of print] - DOI - PubMed
    1. Kanis JA, McCloskey EV, Johansson H, Cooper C, Rizzoli R, Reginster J-Y, on behalf of the Scientific Advisory Board of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) and the Committee of Scientific Advisors of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Osteoporosis International. 2018;24:23–57. - PMC - PubMed

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