Role of DEXA and ultrasonometry in the evaluation of osteoporotic risk in postmenopausal women

Maturitas

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-117

  Pafumi, Carlo ^a   Chiarenza, Michele ^a   Zizza, Gaetano ^a   Roccasalva, Lucia ^a   Ciotta, Lilliana ^a   Farina, Marco ^a   Pernicone, Giovanni ^a   Russo, Agata ^a   Maggi, Ilaria ^a   Bandiera, Sebastiano ^a   Giardina, Paolo ^a   Cavallaro, A ^a   Cianci, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Densitometry; Fracture risk; Osteoporosis; Ultrasonography; X ray

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 18444386783     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(02)00036-1     Document Type: Article

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