The influence of corticosteroids on quantitative ultrasound parameters of the calcaneus in the 1st year after renal transplantation

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-262

  Ter Meulen, Cornelis G ^a   Hilbrands, Luuk B ^a   Van Den Bergh, Joop P W ^b   Hermus, Ad R ^a   Hoitsma, Andries J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Heel bone; Kidney transplantation; Quantitative ultrasound; Steroid free

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DACLIZUMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 15044354692     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-004-1628-z     Document Type: Article

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