Can Novel Clinical Densitometric Techniques Replace or Improve DXA in Predicting Bone Strength in Osteoporosis at the Hip and Other Skeletal Sites?

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 906-912

  Lochmüller, Eva Maria ^a   Müller, Ralph ^b   Kuhn, Volker ^a   Lill, Christoph A ^c,d   Eckstein, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone strength; DXA; Osteoporosis; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; BONE AND BONES; DENSITOMETRY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 0142059603     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2003.18.5.906     Document Type: Article

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