Loss of regularity in the curvature of the thoracolumbar spine: A measure of structural failure

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1099-1104

  Djoumessi, Roger M Z ^a   Maalouf, Ghassan ^b   Maalouf, Naim ^c   Seeman, Ego ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Thoracolumbar curvature irregularity; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 16544364017     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/JBMR.040320     Document Type: Article

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