Continuous loss of bone during chronic immobilization: A monozygotic twin study

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-127

  Bauman, William A ^a,b   Spungen, A M ^a,b   Wang, J ^c   Pierson Jr , R N ^c   Schwartz, E ^b,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disuse osteoporosis; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Identical twins; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING HABIT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; BONE DEMINERALIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032847909     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980050206     Document Type: Article

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