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New FRAX-based intervention and assessment thresholds for the Ecuadorian population

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  1. Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital Docente de la Policía Nacional Guayaquil N° 2, Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Enrique Lopez Gavilanez

  2. AECE research group from Association of Clinical Endocrinologists of Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Enrique Lopez Gavilanez & Angel Segale Bajaña

  3. School of Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Antonio W. D. Gavilanes

  4. Instituto de Biomedicina, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Peter Chedraui

  5. Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Docente Policía Nacional Guayaquil N° 2, Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Angel Segale Bajaña

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Lopez Gavilanez, E., Gavilanes, A.W.D., Chedraui, P. et al. New FRAX-based intervention and assessment thresholds for the Ecuadorian population. Arch Osteoporos 13, 102 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-018-0521-x

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