Comparison of trabecular bone density at vertebral and radial sites using quantitative computed tomography

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 486-490

  Fujii, Y ^a,c   Chikawa, T ^b   Nakamura, T ^b   Goto, B ^a   Fujita, T ^a  

^a Katsuragi Hospital   (Japan)

^b Japan   (Japan)

^c Calcium Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Quantitative computed tomography; Radius; Trabecular bone; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030444796     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01629582     Document Type: Article

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