Can DXA predict fractures in renal transplant patients?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2647-2651

  Akaberi, S ^a   Simonsen, O ^a   Lindergard B ^a   Nyberg, G ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Diabetes mellitus; Female; Hyperparathyrodism; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis; Renal allograft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56049089905     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02423.x     Document Type: Article

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