The use of fingernails as a means of assessing bone health: A pilot study

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 339-344

  Pillay, Isweri ^a,e   Lyons, D ^a   German, M J ^b   Lawson, N S ^c   Pollock, H M ^c   Saunders, J ^d   Chowdhury, S ^d   Moran, P ^d   Towler, M R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; KERATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FINGER NAIL; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NAIL DISEASE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SULFATION;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 21044456772     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2005.14.339     Document Type: Article

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