TY - BOOK AU - Ali Yehia Aboaly AU - Ahmed Kholeif , AU - Ashraf Elnahal , TI - Recent trends in management of osteoporotic fractures / PY - 2009/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ali Yehia Aboaly , KW - Osteoporosis KW - Pathogenesis of osteoporosis KW - Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - Osteoporosis is a major public health problem that has both a medical and an economic impact . It is a disease characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue. It is most common in women after menopause when it is called postmenopausal osteoporosis but may also develop in men and may occur in anyone in the presence of particular hormonal disorders and other chronic diseases or as a result of medicational specifically glucocoricoid when the disease is called steroid - or glucocoricoid - induced osteoporosis (SIOP or GIOP) UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -