Correlation of Hand Bone Mineral Density with the Metacarpal Cortical Index and Carpo:Metacarpal Ratio in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 478-482

  Ozgocmen, Salih ^a,d   Karaoglan, Belgin ^a   Kocakoc, Ercan ^b   Ardicoglu, Ozge ^c   Rezan Yorgancioglu, Zeynep ^a  

^a Ankara State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Sivas Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^c FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Fakulteler Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpo:metacarpal ratio; Cortical index; Hand bone mineral density; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METACARPAL BONE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033202948     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.1999.40.5.478     Document Type: Article

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