Association of breast vascular calcifications with low bone mass in postmenopausal women

Climacteric

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 486-491

  Nasser, E J ^a   Iglesias E R ^b   Ferreira, J A S ^a   Fernandes, C E ^a   Pompei, L M ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b Diagnosis Clinic 'Diagnóstico Por Imagem de Santo André DISA'   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast Vascular Calcifications; Low Bone Mass; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BREAST CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; AGED; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; BRAZIL; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; BRAZIL; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84904345580     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2013.869672     Document Type: Article

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