Does the combination of quantitative ultrasound and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry improve fracture discrimination?

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 471-477

  Frost, M L ^a   Blake, G M ^a   Fogelman, I ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; DXA; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PELVIC BONES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034958540     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980170092     Document Type: Article

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