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Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures During Pregnancy: Be Aware of a Potential Underlying Genetic Cause
14 Jan 2014
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CONTEXT: Although the baby growing in its mother's womb needs calcium for skeletal development, osteoporosis and fractures very rarely occur during pregnancy. CASE PRESENTATION: A 27-year-old woman in the seventh month of her first pregnancy contracted midthoracic back pain after lifting an object. The pain was attributed to her pregnancy, but it remained postpartum. Her past medical history was uneventful,...
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