Quantitative ultrasound of the hand phalanges in patients with genetic disorders: A pilot case-control study

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 787-792

  Pluskiewicz, W ^a   Pyrkosz, A ^a   Drozdzowska, B ^a   Halaba, Z ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Genetic disorders; Hand phalanges; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC DISORDER; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHALANX; PHENOTYPE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGERS; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0345308468     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-003-1400-9     Document Type: Article

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