Cortical hand bone porosity and its association with distal radius fracture in middle aged and elderly women.

OBJECTIVE: Reduced bone mineral density (BMD), assessed by Dual Energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), is a well-known risk factor for fragility fracture. A large proportion of patients with fracture have only slightly reduced BMD. Assessment of other bone structure features than BMD may improve identif...

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Main Authors: Alvilde Dhainaut, Mari Hoff, Unni Syversen, Glenn Haugeberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3700909?pdf=render