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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Discordance between Left- and Right-Hip Bone Mineral Density Using DXA

To determine the prevalence of significant left-right differences in hip bone mineral density (BMD), and the impact of this difference on osteoporosis diagnosis, we measured bilateral proximal femora using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in 3481 subjects (608 males, 2873 females). The differe...

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Autores principales: Mounach, Aziza, Rezqi, Asmaa, Ghozlani, Imad, Achemlal, Lahsen, Bezza, Ahmed, El Maghraoui, Abdellah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scholarly Research Network 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3384949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22778990
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/617535