Evaluation of the fracture threshold by quantitative ultrasound densitometry in everyday practice [2]

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 339-341

  Wendling, Daniel ^a   Moser, Didier ^a   Cedoz, Jean Pierre ^a   Toussirot, Eric ^a   Lohse, Anne ^a   Michel, Fabrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Densitometry; Fracture threshold; Osteoporosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND;

BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 22244447077     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2004.12.001     Document Type: Letter

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