Torus palatinus: A new anatomical correlation with bone density in postmenopausal women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2081-2086

  Belsky, Joseph L ^a,d   Hamer, Josephine S ^b   Hubert, Janet E ^a   Insogna, Karl ^c   Johns, William ^a  

^a DANBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXOSTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALATINE TORUS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, HARD; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 0037693028     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021726     Document Type: Article

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