Abstract
To the Editor: The article by Riggs and Melton on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis (Aug. 27 issue)1 is likely to become a much cited reference. Therefore, the error in the legend for their Figure 2 is important. Figure 2 is said to show scanning electron micrographs of cancellous bone from a normal young woman and a postmenopausal woman with osteoporosis. These micrographs, reprinted from an article by Dempster et al.,2 actually show bone from a normal man and a 47-year-old woman with osteoporosis whose reproductive status was not described. The authors did not mention the potential role of…
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 65-66 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
Volume | 328 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 7 1993 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine