Calcaneal broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) in the diagnosis of vertebral fracture in osteoporotic patients;La velocità dell'attenuazione ultrasonora del calcagno nella determinazione delle fratture vertebrali nelle pazienti con osteoporosi senile

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 51-55

  La Fianza, Alfredo ^a   Taverna, Ettore ^b   Pistorio, Angela ^c   Pallavicini, Dario ^a   Preda, Lorenzo ^a   Di Maggio, Enrico Maria ^a   Caprotti, Andrea ^a   Candiani, Tiziana ^d   Parrini, Matteo ^d   Campani, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Div di Ortopedia e Traumatologia   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcaneum, BUA; Calcaneum, senile osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0030625705     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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