Phalangeal US velocity discriminates between normal and vertebrally fractured subjects

European Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1632-1637

  Guglielmi, G ^a   Cammisa, M ^a   De Serio, A ^a   Scillitani, A ^a   Chiodini, I ^a   Carnevale, V ^a   Fusilli, S ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone absorptiometry; Bone densitometry; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE FRACTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERTEBRA;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032612262     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050899     Document Type: Article

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