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Cost-effectiveness of pulse-echo ultrasonometry in osteoporosis management

PURPOSE: Osteoporosis is asymptomatic morbidity of the elderly which develops slowly over several years. Osteoporosis diagnosis has typically involved Fracture Risk Assessment (FRAX) followed by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in specialist care. Point-of-care pulse-echo ultrasound (PEUS) was...

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Autores principales: Soini, Erkki, Riekkinen, Ossi, Kröger, Heikki, Mankinen, Petri, Hallinen, Taru, Karjalainen, Janne P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5985766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29881300
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S163237