Efficacy of weight adjusted bone mineral content in osteoporosis diagnosis in Chinese female population

Abstract. Background:. Areal bone mineral density (aBMD) applied for osteoporosis diagnosis unavoidably results in the missingdiagnosis in patients with large bones and misdiagnosis in those with small bones. Therefore, we try to find a new adjusted index of bone mineral content (BMC) to make up sho...

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Main Authors: Ting-Ting Liu, Xiao-Dan Li, Wen-Zhi Wang, Jian-Gao Zhang, Ding-Zhuo Yang, Yi Cui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2019-04-01
Series:Chinese Medical Journal
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CM9.0000000000000143