Low bone mineral density is associated with the onset of spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-255

  Akamatsu, Yasushi ^a,b   Mitsugi, Naoto ^a   Hayashi, Takeshi ^a   Kobayashi, Hideo ^a   Saito, Tomoyuki ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE NECROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FRACTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE OSTEONECROSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TIBIA;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861891583     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2012.684139     Document Type: Article

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