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    The need for clinical guidance in the use of calcium and vitamin D in the management of osteoporosis: a consensus report

    A European Union (EU) directive on vitamins and minerals used as ingredients of food supplements with a nutritional or physiological effect (2002/46/EC) was introduced in 2003. Its implications for the use of ...

    S. Boonen, R. Rizzoli, P. J. Meunier, M. Stone, G. Nuki in Osteoporosis International (2004)

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    The effect of DXA scanning on clinical decision making by general practitioners: a randomized, prospective trial of direct access versus referral to a hospital consultant

    The objective of the study was to assess the impact of direct access DXA scanning (DADS) upon GPs' management decisions in patients considered to be at risk of osteoporosis. It was designed as a randomized, pr...

    V. Dhillon, J. Creiger, J. Hannan, N. Hurst, G. Nuki in Osteoporosis International (2003)

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    Osteoarthritis: a problem of joint failure

    Osteoarthritis can be viewed as the clinical and pathological outcome of a range of disorders that results in structural and functional failure of synovial joints. Osteoarthritis occurs when the dynamic equil...

    G. Nuki in Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie (1999)

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    Role of Mechanical Factors in the Aetiology, Pathogenesis and Progression of Osteoarthritis

    Motion and mechanical stimulation play a critical role in the development of the skeleton and normal joints [1, 2]. Movement, loading and intermittent mechanical strain are also crucial for the maintenance of ...

    G. Nuki in Osteoarthritis (1999)

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    Corticosteroids and bone

    W. Peck, C. Gennari, L. Raisz, P. Meunier, E. Ritz in Calcified Tissue International (1984)