Use of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of osteomalacia: Preliminary results on experimental osteomalacia in the rat

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-229

  Luisetto, Giovanni ^a,c   Camozzi, Valentina ^a   De Terlizzi, Francesca ^a   Moschini, Giuliano ^d   Ballanti, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Institute of Semeiotica Medica   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Density, bone mineral; Metabolic bone disease; Osteomalacia

Indexed keywords

BONE; DENSITOMETERS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DUAL-ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HISTOMORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMALACIA; RAT;

EID: 0033104181     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.3.225     Document Type: Article

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