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Do you approach therapy differently for patients with a diagnosis of osteoporosis based on a fragility fracture rather than based on bone mineral density on DXA (assuming no secondary causes of osteoporosis)?

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Rheumatology · NYU Langone

This is an interesting question but the question does not define the bone density results in the individual(s) in question with a history of a fragility fracture. There are people who sustain such fractures with normal bone densities and of course, many individuals sustain fragility fractures with l...

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Do you approach therapy differently for patients with a diagnosis of osteoporosis based on a fragility fracture rather than based on bone mineral density on DXA (assuming no secondary causes of osteoporosis)? | Mednet