Comparison of ultrasound and bone mineral density assessment of the calcaneus with different regions of interest in healthy early menopausal women

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-126

  Cheng, Sulin ^a,b   Suominen, Harri ^a   Ollikainen, Sari ^a   Goll, Jeff ^c   Sipilä, Sarianna ^a   Taaffe, Dennis ^a   Fuerst, Thomas ^b   Njeh, Christopher F ^b   Genant, Harry K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Quidel Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Postmenopausal women; Region of interest; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0033139342     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:2:2:117     Document Type: Article

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