Quantitative ultrasound is better correlated with bone mineral density and biochemical bone markers in elderly women

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1067-1073

  Lappa, Vasiliki ^a   Dontas, Ismene A ^a   Trovas, George ^a   Constantelou, Evangelia ^a   Galanos, Antonios ^a   Lyritis, George P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biochemical bone markers; Bone mineral density; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Postmenopausal women; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE TURNOVER; CALCANEUS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34249877148     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0448-2     Document Type: Article

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