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THERAPEUTICS AND CLINICAL RISK MANAGEMENT
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages 1361-1365Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/TCRM.S87274
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fracture; vitamin D; vitamin K; bone mineral density
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The syndrome of pregnancy- and lactation-associated osteoporosis is a rare disorder whose precise etiology and treatment are largely unknown. We herein report two such cases occurring in the early postpartum period that led to multiple fragility compression fractures. Combination therapy of vitamin D and vitamin K enabled a marked gradual increase in bone mineral density.
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