Trabecular bone score: A noninvasive analytical method based upon the DXA image

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 518-530

  Silva, Barbara C ^a   Leslie, William D ^b   Resch, Heinrich ^c   Lamy, Olivier ^d   Lesnyak, Olga ^e   Binkley, Neil ^f   McCloskey, Eugene V ^g   Kanis, John A ^g   Bilezikian, John P ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e URAL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bone mineral density; fracture risk; microarchitecture; osteoporosis; trabecular bone score

Indexed keywords

BONE MINERAL DENSITY; FRACTURE RISK; MICROARCHITECTURE; OSTEOPOROSIS; TRABECULAR BONE SCORE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84894433046     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2176     Document Type: Review

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