Prevalence of low trauma fractures in long-term kidney transplant patients with preserved renal function

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-147

  Braga, J W R ^a   Neves, R M S ^a   Pinheiro, M M ^a   Frisoli, A ^a   Castro, C H M ^a   Szejnfeld, Vera L ^a   Carvalho, A B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone density; Fracture; Kidney transplantation; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PRESERVATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINE; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 30744467418     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2006000100016     Document Type: Article

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