Relationship between gender, bone mineral density, and disc degeneration in the lumbar spine: A study in elderly subjects using an eight-level MRI-based disc degeneration grading system

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-96

  Wang, Y X J ^a   Griffith, J F ^a   Ma, H T ^a   Kwok, A W L ^a   Leung, J C S ^a   Yeung, D K W ^a   Ahuja, A T ^a   Leung, P C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Degeneration; Intervertebral disc; Lumbar spine; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78651495961     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-010-1200-y     Document Type: Article

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