Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and low bone density assessed by quantitative ultrasonometry in a cohort of postmenopausal italian nuns

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 308-312

  Nuzzo, Vincenzo ^a   Zuccoli, Antonio ^a   de Terlizzi, Francesca ^b   Colao, Annamaria ^c   Tauchmanova, Libuse ^c  

^a San Gennaro Hospital   (Italy)

^b IGEA Clinical Biophysics Department   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone quantitative ultrasound; Fragility fractures; Osteoporosis; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

BONE QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; FRAGILITY FRACTURES; OSTEOPOROSIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84881086383     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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