Osteoporosis and Bone Physiology

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Osteoporosis definition
  Clinical features
    Incidence
      Risk factors
        Diagnosis
          Markers
            Bone density
              Treatment
                  Calcium
                   Vitamin D
                     Estrogen
                       Bisphosphonates                                  

                           Other bone diseases
                              Renal osteodystrophy
                                Osteomalacia
 

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  Wnt signalling
     Sclerostin

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