Which bone densitometry and which skeletal site are clinically useful for monitoring bone mass?

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 959-964

  Ito, Masako ^a   Nishida, Akifumi ^a   Kono, Jun ^b   Kono, Mika ^a   Uetani, Masataka ^a   Hayashi, Kuniaki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagasakiken Saiseikai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dual X ray absorptiometry (DXA); Long term precision error; Monitoring; Osteoporosis; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT); Quantitative ultrasound (QUS)

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAPHYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR SPINE; METAPHYSIS; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 5444273790     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-003-1497-x     Document Type: Article

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