Quantitative Ultrasound of the Calcaneus in Long-Term Liver or Cardiac Transplantation Patients

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-474

  Díaz Guerra, Guillermo Martínez ^a   Gil Fraguas, Lourdes ^a   Jódar, Esteban ^a   Meneu, Juan Carlos ^a   García, Elena ^a   Gómez, Miguel Angel ^a   Moreno, Enrique ^a   Hawkins, Federico ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; heel ultrasound; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EID: 33750607773     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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