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Quantitative ultrasound does not identify patients with an inflammatory disease at risk of vertebral deformities

BACKGROUND: Previous studies from our group have shown that a high prevalence of vertebral deformities suggestive of fracture can be found in patients with an inflammatory disease, despite a near normal bone mineral density (BMD). As quantitative ultrasound (QUS) of the heel can be used for refined...

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Autores principales: Heijckmann, A Caroline, Dumitrescu, Bianca, Nieuwenhuijzen Kruseman, Arie C, Geusens, Piet, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce HR, De Vries, Jolanda, Drent, Marjolein, Huijberts, Maya SP
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2427028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18492278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-9-72