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Osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF): diagnosis requires an informed observer

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  1. BC Centre of the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos), Vancouver, Canada

    B. C. Lentle & J. C. Prior

  2. Department of Radiology, The University of British Columbia, 205 Kimta Rd., 740, Victoria, British Columbia, V9A 6T5, Canada

    B. C. Lentle

  3. Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Room 4111-2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 1M9, Canada

    J. C. Prior

  4. School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    J. C. Prior

  5. BC Women’s Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada

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Lentle, B.C., Prior, J.C. Osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF): diagnosis requires an informed observer. Osteoporos Int 33, 1409–1410 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-021-06287-6

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