Relationship between spine bone mineral density and vertebral body heights

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 486-490

  Mazzuoli, G F ^a   Diacinti, D ^a   Acca, M ^a   Pisani, D ^a   Rosso, R ^a   D'Erasmo, E ^a   Minisola, S ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; DXA; Morphometry; Osteoporosis; Spine deformity indices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE;

EID: 0031744512     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002239900466     Document Type: Article

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