Audit of the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of osteoporosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 779-782

  Bessant, Rupa ^a   Harris, Claire ^a   Keat, Andrew ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Audit; Bone densitometry; Osteoporosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0037384396     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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