Does quantitative tibial ultrasound predict low bone mineral density defined by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry?

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 436-442

  Tuna, Hakan ^a   Birtane, Murat ^a   Ekuklu, Galip ^a   Cermik, Fikret ^a   Tuna, Filiz ^a   Kokino, Siranus ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Low bone mineral density; Quantitative tibial ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIA;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE; TIBIA;

EID: 48649101368     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2008.49.3.436     Document Type: Article

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