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Osteoporosis: association of recent fractures with quantitative US findings.

DOI

164

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0

References

1996

Year

Claus‐Christian Glüer, S. R. Cummings, Douglas C. Bauer, Katie L. Stone, Alice Pressman, Anil Mathur, Harry K. Genant
Radiology

Abstract

Quantitative US parameters are strongly associated with risk of fracture and partly independent of BMD. This simple, low-cost, portable, and radiation-free approach may complement bone densitometry in assessing risk of osteoporotic fracture.