Hypovitaminosis D and prevalent asymptomatic vertebral fractures in Moroccan postmenopausal women

• Main Authors: El Maghraoui Abdellah (Author), Ouzzif Zhor (Author), Mounach Aziza (Author), Rezqi Asmaa (Author), Achemlal Lahsen (Author), Bezza Ahmed (Author), Tellal Saida (Author), Dehhaoui Mohamed (Author), Ghozlani Imad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Hypovitaminosis D is associated to accentuated bone loss. However, association between osteoporotic vertebral fractures (VFs) and vitamin D status has not been clearly established.</p> <p>Objective</p> <p>To d...