Quantitative ultrasound at the hand phalanges in monozygotic twins: A preliminary report

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1153-1156

  Drozdzowska, Bogna ^a,c   Pluskiewicz, Wojciech ^a   De Terlizzi, Francesca ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b IGEA Biophysics Laboratory   (Italy)

^c Carpi ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Genetics; Phalanges; Quantitative ultrasound; Twins

Indexed keywords

BONE; CORRELATION METHODS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

MONOZYGOTIC TWINS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036751468     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00569-0     Document Type: Article

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