Postmenopausal women with Colles' fracture have bone mineral density values similar to those of controls when measured with calcaneus quantitative ultrasound

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 561-566

  Sosa, M ^a   Saavedra, P ^a   Gomez Alonso C ^b   Mosquera, J ^b   Torrijos, A ^b   Munoz Torres M ^b   Valero Diaz De La Madrid C ^b   Diaz Curiel M ^b   Martinez Diaz Guerra G ^b   Perez Cano R ^b   Alegre, J ^b   Del Pino, J ^b   Gonzalez Macias J ^b   Olmos, J ^b   Cannata Andia J ^b   Lago, Ana Castro ^b   Alonso, G ^b   Moro, M J ^b   Hawkins Carranza, F ^b   Jodar Gimeno E ^b   Gomez De Tejada M J ^b   Perez Temprano R ^b   Alvarez Lario B ^b   Alonso Valdivieso, J L ^b   Montilla, C ^b   Corral Goudino L ^b   Hernandez Hernandez D ^b   Sarmiento Santana, J ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Department of Mathematics ^*

Author keywords

Colles' fracture; Forearm; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis; Postmenopausal women; Quantitative ultrasound; ROC curves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLLES FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 28444479140     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.06.012     Document Type: Article

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