Quantitative ultrasound of the hand phalanges in a cohort of monozygotic twins: Influence of genetic and environmental factors

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 727-735

  Guglielmi, G ^a   Terlizzi, F ^b   Torrente, I ^c   Mingarelli, R ^c   Dallapiccola, B ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Igea Biophysics Laboratory   (Italy)

^c Mendel Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone mass regulation; Bone tissue; Hand phalanges; Quantitative ultrasound; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MASS; BONE STRUCTURE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FINGER PHALANGES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 27744488277     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-005-0933-8     Document Type: Article

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