Clinical associations of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry measurement of hand bone mass in rheumatoid arthritis

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1256-1262

  Devlin, J ^a   Lilley, J ^b   Gough, A ^a   Huissoon, A ^a   Holder, R ^a   Reece, R ^a   Perkins, P ^a   Emery, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone density; DXA; Hand; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HAND; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030469471     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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