Assessment of Bone Mineral Density in Male Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by DXA and Quantitative Computed Tomography

The purpose of this study is to identify the prevalence of osteoporosis in male patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and quantitative computed tomography (QCT) and to compare the diagnostic abilities of the above methods. Thirty-seven m...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: George Fountoulis, Theodora Kerenidi, Constantinos Kokkinis, Panagiotis Georgoulias, Paschal Thriskos, Konstantinos Gourgoulianis, Ioannis Fezoulidis, Katerina Vassiou, Marianna Vlychou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:International Journal of Endocrinology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6169721