title: Osteoporotic fractures - the biological perspective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery Giessen University Hospital Giessen-Marburg, Campus Giessen, Rudolf-Buchheim-Str. 7, 35385 Giessen, Germany. Electronic address: volker.alt@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de.
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alt
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, UCSF, San Francisco General Hospital, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miclau
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology