Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8736742 | The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We observed that patients with osteoporosis determined by calcaneal quantitative ultrasound and/or dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry have higher probability to undergo vertebral fracture, but neither of them can be used for predicting vertebral fracture. Use of calcaneal quantitative ultrasound for screening is a reasonable alternative of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry since our study confirm that none strategy is clearly superior, but both screen tools must be always completed with X-ray.
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Authors
Eugenia Quiros Roldan, Nigritella Brianese, Elena Raffetti, Emanuele Focà , Maria Chiara Pezzoli, Andrea Bonito, Alice Ferraresi, Paola Lanza, Teresa Porcelli, Francesco Castelli,