title: FRAX: Facts and Fantasy.
abstract: FRAX is an important web based tool to assess fragility fracture risk in osteoporosis. It has many important limitations too. Good clinical judgement is needed to interpret the results of FRAX. With increasing use we can improvise this tool further.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Yashpal
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gogate
authors.forename: Sanjay Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhadada
keywords: Frax BMD osteoporosis
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