Comparison of quantitative ultrasound of the phalanges with conventional bone densitometry in healthy postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1071-1078

  Alexandersen, Peter ^a   De Terlizzi, Francesca ^b   Tankó, Laszló B ^a   Bagger, Yu Z ^a   Christiansen, Claus ^a  

^a CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND BASIC RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b IGEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone mass; DEXA; Fracture discrimination; Postmenopausal women; QUS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; PHALANX; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPINE FRACTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 24044482955     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-004-1810-3     Document Type: Article

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