Bone Properties in Patients with Acromegaly: Quantitative Ultrasound of the Heel

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-331

  Kastelan, Darko ^a   Dusek, Tina ^a   Kraljevic, Ivana ^a   Polasek, Ozren ^b   Perkovic, Zdravko ^a   Kardum, Iva ^a   Giljevic, Zlatko ^a   Jelcic, Jozo ^a   Aganovic, Izet ^a   Korsic, Mirko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; bone; calcaneus; quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GROWTH HORMONE; OSTEOCALCIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TURNOVER; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CALCANEUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCALCIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547593686     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.03.103     Document Type: Article

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