Osteoporosis differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2], Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S.[3]

Overview

Osteoporosis is a disease of old age where the done turnover is affected leading to fractures. It must be distinguished from Idiopathic transient osteoporosis of hip, Osteomalacia, Scurvy, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Multiple myeloma, Homocystinuria, Hypermetabolic resorptive osteoporosis etc.