Morphometric X-ray absorptiometry: Reference data for vertebral dimensions

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 464-474

  Rea, J A ^a   Steiger, P ^b   Blake, G M ^a   Potts, E ^c   Smith, I G ^c   Fogelman, I ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOLOGIC INC   (United States)

^c WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL FRACTURES; STATISTICS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0031897226     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.1998.13.3.464     Document Type: Article

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