Vertebral fracture assessment using standard bone densitometry equipment predicts incident fractures in women

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 652-653

  Bouxsein, Mary L ^a,c   Delmas, Pierre D ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BMD; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

CLODRONIC ACID;

BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 56649108014     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0984     Document Type: Short Survey

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