How the new Hologic hip normal reference values affect the densitometric diagnosis of osteoporosis

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 423-427

  Chen, Z ^a   Maricic, M ^a   Lund, P ^a   Tesser, J ^b   Gluck, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Arizona Rheumatology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

DXA; Hologic; NHANES; Normative database; Osteoporosis; T score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARIZONA; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031765559     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980050086     Document Type: Article

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