Quantitative ultrasound and bone mineral density: Discriminatory ability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and controls with and without vertebral deformities

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 945-951

  Orstavik R E ^a   Haugeberg, G ^a   Uhlig, T ^a   Mowinckel, P ^a   Kvien, T K ^a   Falch, J A ^b   Halse, J I ^c  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Osteoporosis Clinic   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 3242717625     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.010819     Document Type: Article

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