PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - Managing osteoporosis
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.1996.34645
DP  - 1996 Jun 01
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 45--48
VI  - 34
IP  - 6
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/34/6/45.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/34/6/45.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull1996 Jun 01; 34
AB  - Osteoporosis is common and frequently leads to fractures, deformity, pain and disability. It particularly affects the femur, vertebrae, radius and ulna and is the underlying cause of about 150 000 fractures in the UK each year.1 Here we review its prevention and treatment.