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Recent Insights into Pregnancy and Lactation-Associated Osteoporosis (PLO)
1 Aug 2023
Abstract excerpt
During pregnancy and lactation, female physiology adapts to fulfill the fetal and neonatal calcium and phosphorus requirements. The physiological changes that take place during these periods do not affect maternal skeleton resistance to fracture in most of the cases. However, there is a small percentage of women that do experience fragility fractures during these times of life. Pregnancy and lactation-associated...
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