Can dermal thickness measured by ultrasound biomicroscopy assist in determining osteoporosis risk?

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-100

  Cagle, Perri E ^a,b   Dyson, Mary ^a   Gajewski, Byron ^a   Lukert, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermal thickness; High frequency ultrasound; Osteoporosis; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

BONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BONE DENSITY; DERMAL THICKNESS; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; ULTRASOUND BIOMICROSCOPY;

DERMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HIP; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; STATISTICS;

EID: 33846474321     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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