The assessment of vertebral deformity: A method for use in population studies and clinical trials

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 138-147

  McCloskey, E V ^a   Spector, T D ^b   Eyres, K S ^a   Fern, E D ^a   O'Rourke, N ^a   Vasikaran, S ^a   Kanis, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incidence; Morphometry; Prevalence; Sensitivity; Specificity; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL VALUE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0027252910     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01623275     Document Type: Article

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