Recognizing and Reporting Vertebral Fractures: Reducing the Risk of Future
Osteoporotic Fractures
Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal, February 2007, Vol. 58, No.
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Authors:
Brian C Lentle, MD, FRCPC; Jacques P Brown, MD,
FRCPC;
Aliya Khan, MD, FRCPC; William D Leslie,MD, FRCPC;
Jacques Levesque,
MD, FRCPC; David J Lyons, MD, FRCPC;
Kerry Siminoski, MD, FRCPC;
Giuseppe Tarulli, MD, FRCPC;
Robert G Josse, MD, MBBS, FRCPC;
Anthony Hodsman,
MD, FRCPC
Abstract
Objective: Given the increasing evidence that vertebral
fractures are underdiagnosed and not acted on, Osteoporosis Canada and the
Canadian Association of Radiologists initiated a project to develop and publish
a set of recommendations to promote and facilitate the diagnosis and reporting
of vertebral fractures.
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