Differential effects of hormone replacement therapy on bone mineral density and axial transmission ultrasound measurements in cortical bone

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-294

  Knapp, K M ^a,c   Blake, G M ^b   Spector, T D ^c   Fogelman, I ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial transmission ultrasound; Hormone replacement therapy; Postmenopausal age related change; Precision

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DRUG USE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METATARSAL BONE; OSTEOLYSIS; PHALANX; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUNLIGHT; TIBIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINGERS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; METATARSAL BONES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIUS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIBIA;

EID: 4344638877     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-002-1353-4     Document Type: Article

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