Phalangeal ultrasonography in forearm fracture discrimination

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 332-338

  Giardino, R ^a,b   Rotini, R ^a   Noia, F ^a   Veronesi, C A ^a   Carpi, A ^c   Nicolini, A ^c   De Terlizzi, F ^d   Fini, M ^a   Giavaresi, G ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d IGEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forearm fracture; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; METAPHYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHALANX; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 0036754179     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-3322(02)00240-8     Document Type: Article

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