Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Osteoporosis fracture liaison experience: the Belfast experience

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Rheumatology International Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Dolan P, Torgerson DJ (1998) The cost of treating osteoporotic fractures in the United Kingdom female population. Osteoporos Int 8:611–617

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Ross PD, Davis JW, Epstein RS, Wasnich RD (1991) Pre-existing fractures and bone mass predict vertebral fracture incidence in women. Osteoporos Int 114:919–923

    Google Scholar 

  3. Beringer TRO, Finch MB, Taggart HMcA, Whitehead E, McQuilken M, McNally C, Keegan DAJ, Kelly J, Lee G, McKane R (2004) A study of bone mineral density in women with forearm fracture in Northern Ireland. Osteoporosis Int (in press)

  4. McLellan AR, Gallacher SJ, Fraser M, McQuillian C (2003) The fracture liaison service: success of a program for the evaluation and management of patients with osteoporotic fracture. Osteoporos Int 14:1028–1034

    Google Scholar 

  5. Klotzbuecher CM, Ross PD, Landsman PB, Abbott TA, Berger M (2000) Patients with prior fractures have an increased risk of future fractures: a summary of the literature and statistical synthesis. J Bone Miner Res 15:721–739

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Working Party Writing Group on Osteoporosis (2001) Clinical guidelines for prevention and treatment. Update on pharmacological interventions and an algorithm for management. Royal College of Physicians, London, pp 1–14

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Rheumatology Department, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, BT9, Northern Ireland

    S.A. Wright & M.B. Finch

  2. Orthopaedic Department, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, BT9, Northern Ireland

    C. McNally & D. Marsh

  3. Elderly Care Department, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, BT9, Northern Ireland

    T. Beringer

Authors
  1. S.A. Wright
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. C. McNally
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. T. Beringer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. D. Marsh
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. M.B. Finch
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to S.A. Wright.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Wright, S., McNally, C., Beringer, T. et al. Osteoporosis fracture liaison experience: the Belfast experience. Rheumatol Int 25, 489–490 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-004-0573-7

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-004-0573-7

Keywords

Search

Navigation