Colles' fracture of the wrist as an indicator of underlying osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: A prospective study of bone mineral density and bone turnover rate

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-60

  Earnshaw, S A ^a,b   Cawte, S A ^a   Worley, A ^a   Hosking, D J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Bone turnover rate; Colles' fracture; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; HYDROXYPROLINE; OSTEOCALCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE TURNOVER; COLLES FRACTURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HIP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYDROXYPROLINE URINE LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WRIST FRACTURE;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; COLLES' FRACTURE; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031882888     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980050048     Document Type: Article

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