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Existing severe osteoporotic vertebral fractures in elderly Chinese males were only weakly associated with higher further vertebral fracture risk at year-4 follow-up

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  1. Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China

    Y.X.J. Wáng & N. Che-Nordin

  2. JC Centre for Osteoporosis Care and Control, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China

    J.C.S. Leung & T.C.Y. Kwok

  3. Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China

    T.C.Y. Kwok

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Wáng, Y., Che-Nordin, N., Leung, J. et al. Existing severe osteoporotic vertebral fractures in elderly Chinese males were only weakly associated with higher further vertebral fracture risk at year-4 follow-up. Osteoporos Int 31, 1593–1594 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-020-05480-3

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