[Therapeutic purpose and treatment guideline of osteoporosis].
The purpose of osteoporosis treatment is mainly for maintenance of bone health and QOL as well as for fracture prevention, and pharmacological intervention, improvement of risk factors including lifestyle, utilization of FRAX® are important in practice. Recently, treatment guideline of osteoporosis is revised in the Japanese guidelines for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.
Department of Geriatric Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
Sumito
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Ogawa
Yasuyoshi
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Ouchi
D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors