Informed communication with study subjects of radiographically detected osteoporotic vertebral deformity.

Quant Imaging Med Surg

Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Published: September 2018

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