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Spinal Fractures

Known as: Spinal Fractures [Disease/Finding], Vertebral fractures, Fracture, Spinal 
Traumatic or pathological injury to the spine in which the continuity of a vertebral bone is broken. Symptoms include back pain and difficulty… 
National Institutes of Health

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Bone structure of spineIn BloodMicrobiologicalMusculoskeletal Diseases

Narrower (7)

Compression fracture of vertebral columnHangman FractureVERTEBRAL COLLAPSE FRACTUREcervical spine fracture

Broader (2)

FractureSpinal Injuries

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Effects of raloxifene, hormone replacement therapy, and placebo on bone turnover in postmenopausal women
Raloxifene, a nonsteroidal selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), increases bone mineral density (BMD), decreases… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Alendronate for the Treatment of Osteoporosis in Men
The incidence of osteoporotic fracture in males is approximately one-third of that observed in women, but information on specific… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Morphometric X‐Ray Absorptiometry and Morphometric Radiography of the Spine: A Comparison of Prevalent Vertebral Deformity Identification
Prevalent vertebral deformities are associated with a substantially increased risk of subsequent vertebral and nonvertebral… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Corticosteroid Osteoporosis: Practical Implications of Recent Trials
Corticosteroids are widely used and effective agents for control of many inflammatory diseases, but osteoporosis is a common… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Prescribing Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopausal Symptoms
Editors' Note: Readers may notice that this Clinical Review, organized around a clinical case and specific case-related questions… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Sodium fluoride prevents bone loss in primary biliary cirrhosis.
Review
1987
Review
1987
Metabolic bone disease in asymptomatic men after partial gastrectomy with Billroth II anastomosis.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
An analysis of bone structure in patients with hip fracture.
The prevalence of osteoporosis in patients with hip fracture is not well defined. We performed a histomorphometric analysis of… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Incidence of hip fractures in osteoporotic women treated with sodium fluoride
It has been suggested recently that, although fluoride therapy may decrease the occurrence of vertebral fractures, it could… 
Review
1953
Review
1953
Asymptomatic fractures in osteoporotic spines of the aged.
Asymptomatic vertebral fractures in osteoporotic spines of the aged stand out in sharp contrast to the urgency and seriousness of… 
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