Diagnostic discrepancies between two closely related forearm bone density measurement sites

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-71

  Boyanov, Mihail ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Distal and ultradistal sites; Forearm densitometry; T score discrepancies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 0035029055     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:4:1:63     Document Type: Article

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