Osteoporosis in COPD outpatients based o
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Lidwien Graat-Verboom; Ben EEM van den Borne; Frank WJM Smeenk; Martijn A Spruit
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Article
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2011
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American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
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English
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## Abstract One of the extrapulmonary effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is characterized by a low bone mineral density (BMD) and microarchitectural deterioration. Most studies in COPD patients use dualβenergy Xβray absorptiometry (DXA) only to det