Bone mineral density of the lumbar spine in patients with advanced rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 363-367

  Saario, Riitta ^a   Sonninen, Pirkko ^b   Möttönen, Timo ^b   Viikari, Jorma ^b   Toivanen, Auli ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cumulative corticosteroid dose; Generalized osteoporosis; Quantitative computerized tomography; Rheumatoid arthritis; Trabecular bone mineral density

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM INTAKE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 0033450877     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009749950155355     Document Type: Article

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