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Osteoporosis has traditionally been categorised as primary or secondary. Primary osteoporosis occurs together with and as a result of the major physiological condition known as ageing (senescence) and its causes and consequences. Secondary osteoporosis develops as a consequence of the major physiopathological effects on the bones, by numerous disorders of other organs and tissues in the body.
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Bartl, R., Bartl, C. (2019). Subgroups of Osteoporosis. In: The Osteoporosis Manual. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00731-7_14
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