The effect of weight change on DXA scans in a 2-year trial of etidronate therapy

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 393-399

  Patel, R ^a   Blake, G M ^a   Herd, R J M ^a   Fogelman, I ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral measurements; Clinical trials; Dual X ray absorptiometry; Weight change

Indexed keywords

ETIDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETIDRONIC ACID; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030693627     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002239900354     Document Type: Article

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