Summary This report describes the epidemiology, burden, and treatment of osteoporosis in the 27 countries of the European Union (EU27). Introduction Osteoporosis is characterized by reduced bone mass and disruption of bone architecture, resulting in increased risk of fragility fractures which represent the main clinical consequence of the disease. Fragility fractures are...
Introduction In 2008, the UK National Osteoporosis Guideline Group (NOGG) produced a guideline on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, with an update in 2013. This paper presents a major update of the guideline, the scope of which is to review the assessment and management of osteoporosis and the prevention of fragility fractures in postmenopausal women and men age 50...
, RAND Europe, Cambridge, UK 8 K. Dreinhfer CSSB, Charit Universittsmedizin Berlin and Medical Park Berlin Humboldmhle , Berlin, Germany 9 J. Compston Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 the EU review panel of the IOF 0 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 0 J. Compston Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital ... J. Compston Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University , Cambridge, UK 10 J. A. Kanis WHO Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield
, UK 12 J. Compston School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge , Cambridge, UK 13 S. Boonen Leuven University Center for Metabolic Bone Diseases, Division of Geriatric
