Age- and menopause-related changes in speed of sound and ultrasound attenuation of the os calcis in a healthy Italian female population

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 404-407

  Tirafili, C ^a   Romagnoli, E ^a   Pellegrino, C ^a   Costa, G ^a   Ombricolo, E ^a   Marciano, M ^a   Caravella, P ^a   Rosso, R ^a   Minisola, S ^a,b   Mazzuoli, G F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Estrogen deficiency; Menopause; Ultrasound bone measurement.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 6844255883     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339621     Document Type: Article

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