Progression of aortic calcification is associated with metacarpal bone loss during menopause: A population-based longitudinal study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1926-1931

  Hak, A Elisabeth ^a   Pols, Huibert A P ^a   Van Hemert, Albert M ^b   Hofman, Albert ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Menopause; Osteoporosis; Vascular calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; METACARPAL BONE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033871459     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.20.8.1926     Document Type: Article

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