Usefulness of quantitative heel ultrasound compared with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in determining bone mineral density in chronic haemodialysis patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1917-1921

  Taal, Maarten W ^a,b   Cassidy, Michael J D ^a   Pearson, Derek ^a   Green, Desmond ^a   Masud, Tahir ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Haemodialysis; Osteoporosis; Quantitative heel ultrasound; Renal osteodystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HEEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY; SPINE; STATISTICS; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032767513     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.8.1917     Document Type: Article

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