Kyphosis Does Not Equal Vertebral Fractures: The Rancho Bernardo Study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 747-752

  Schneider, Diane L ^a   Von Mühlen, Denise G ^a,b   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^a,b   Sartoris, David J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kyphosis; Modified Cobb method; Osteoporosis; Vertebral fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 1842425844     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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