Effect of Ascites on Bone Density Measurement in Cirrhosis

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-394

  Labio, Eternity D ^a   Del Rosario, Dante B ^a   Strasser, Simone I ^a,b   McCaughan, Geoffrey W ^a   Crawford, Bronwyn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascites; bone densitometry; cirrhosis; osteoporosis; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ASCITES; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMUR NECK; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 35748946291     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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