Current concepts review bone densitometry in orthopaedic practice

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1687-1698

  Mirsky, Eric C ^a   Einhorn, Thomas A ^b  

^a Boston Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE REMODELING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRASOUND; BONE; FRACTURE; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032210499     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199811000-00018     Document Type: Review

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