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Bone density of the femoral neck in patients on maintenance dialysis

BACKGROUND: Our institution recently started using the femoral neck (FN), as well as the non-shunted distal radius (Rd), to measure bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with chronic kidney disease. We examined the utility and characteristics of this measurement in patients on maintenance dialysis....

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Autores principales: Nakanishi, Kazushige, Shishido, Kanji, Kumata, Chiaki, Ito, Kae, Nakashima, Yutaka, Wakasa, Mikio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5967790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29795652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197965