Intervertebral disc height correlates with vertebral body T-scores in premenopausal and postmenopausal women

Menopause International

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 58-62

  Baron, Yves Muscat ^a   Brincat, M P ^a   Calleja Agius, J ^a   Calleja, N ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

T score; connective tissue; Disc height; fracture; HRT

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; NORGESTREL; PREMPAK;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEIGHT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREMENOPAUSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 67649939221     PISSN: 17540453     EISSN: 17540461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/mi.2009.009013     Document Type: Article

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