Spinal volumetric trabecular bone mass in acromegalic patients: A longitudinal study

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 378-382

  Battista, Claudia ^a   Chiodini, Iacopo ^b   Muscarella, Silvana ^a   Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^a,c   Mascia, Maria Lucia ^a,d   Carnevale, Vincenzo ^a   Scillitani, Alfredo ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE;

EID: 60349107034     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03322.x     Document Type: Article

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