Three-year prospective study on fracture risk in postmenopausal women by quantitative ultrasound at the phalanges

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-346

  Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Rossini, Maurizio ^c   Nicolosi, Mario Guido ^d   Ragno, Alessandro ^e   Lentini, Giovanni ^f   de Terlizzi, Francesca ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Buccheri La Ferla Hospital   (Italy)

^g IGEA SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone quality; Fracture risk; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound; Radiation free technique

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; RALOXIFENE; STRONTIUM RANELATE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE DEPENDENT SPEED OF SOUND; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINGER PHALANX; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE FRACTURE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND BONE PROFILE INDEX; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

BONE QUALITY; FRACTURE RISK; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; RADIATION-FREE TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGER PHALANGES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881097759     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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