Review of 3,530 referrals for bone density measurements of spine and femur: Evidence that radiographic osteopenia predicts low bone mass

Radiology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 619-624

  Ahmed, A I Hasib ^a,b   Ilic, Daniela ^a   Blake, Glen M ^a   Rymer, Janice M ^a   Fogelman, Ignac ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b All Saints Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bones, absorptiometry, 33.1295; Osteoporosis, 33.56, 443.56

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE;

EID: 0031842114     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.207.3.9609882     Document Type: Review

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