Relationship between Bone Mineral Density of the Distal Radius and Ulna and Fracture Characteristics

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-130

  Itoh, Soichiro ^a,c   Tomioka, Hideki ^a   Tanaka, Junzo ^b   Shinomiya, Kenichi ^a  

^a Biomaterials Center ^*

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Distal radius and ulna fracture; Dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DXA); Fracture pattern; Loss of closed reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULNA FRACTURE;

EID: 0742288124     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2003.09.016     Document Type: Article

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