Prevalence and risk factors of discordance in diagnosis of osteoporosis using spine and hip bone densitometry [2]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-272

  El Maghraoui, Abdellah ^a   Mouinga Abayi, Davy A ^a   Ghozlani, Imad ^a   Mounach, Aziza ^a   Nouijai, Abderrozak ^a   Ghazi, Mirieme ^a   Achemlal, Lahsen ^a   Bezza, Ahmed ^a  

^a MILITARY HOSPITAL MOHAMMED V   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE;

EID: 33846876369     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.062372     Document Type: Letter

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