The role of bone marrow fat in skeletal health: Usefulness and perspectives for clinicians

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3613-3621

  Paccou, Julien ^a,b   Hardouin, Pierre ^c   Cotten, Anne ^b   Penel, Guillaume ^a   Cortet, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW FAT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OBESITY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 84943771048     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-2338     Document Type: Article

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