Standardization of BMD T-scores in the first five years after the menopause: Do femoral neck-equivalent and older normative range T-scores improve diagnostic agreement?

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-95

  Abrahamsen, Bo ^a   Tofteng, Charlotte Landbo ^b   Bärenholdt, Olaf ^c   Vestergaard, Peter ^c   Stilgren, Lis Saalbach ^a   Beck Nielsen, Henning ^a   Nielsen, Stig Pors ^c   Sørensen, Ole Helmer ^b   Mosekilde, Leif ^c  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Agreement; Bone mineral density; Menopause; Osteopenia; T scores

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOREARM; FRACTURE; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE; STANDARDIZATION; T SCORE;

EID: 0038280024     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:6:2:87     Document Type: Article

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