Quantitative ultrasound of the calcaneus and dual X-ray absorptiometry of the lumbar spine in assessment and follow-up of skeletal status in patients after kidney transplantation

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 166-170

  Kovac D ^a   Lindic J ^a   Kandus, A ^a   Bren, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bone density; Kidney transplantation; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1342344336     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-002-1360-5     Document Type: Article

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