Three-year longitudinal study with quantitative ultrasound at the hand phalanx in a female population

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 550-557

  Mele, R ^a   Masci, G ^a   Ventura, V ^b   De Aloysio, D ^b   Bicocchi, M ^c   Cadossi, R ^c,d  

^a Ospedale Civile di Brescia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Menopause; Osteoporosis; Phalanx; Risk of fracture; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; FRACTURE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENOPAUSE; METAPHYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHALANX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK;

EID: 0031442929     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02652561     Document Type: Article

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