The prevalence of undetected vertebral fracture in patients with back pain by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) of the lateral thoracic and Lumbar Spine

Asian Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 139-145

  Ehsanbakhsh, Ali Reza ^a   Akhbari, Hadi ^a   Iraee, Morteza Bahri ^b   Toosi, Farokh Sailanian ^a   Khorashadizadeh, Nasrin ^a   Rezvani, Mohammad Reza ^a   Naseh, Ghodratollah ^c  

^a BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Birjand Nuclear Medicine Center   (Iran)

^c BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Absorptiometry; Osteoporosis; Photon; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859510649     PISSN: 19761902     EISSN: 19767846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2011.5.3.139     Document Type: Article

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