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The role of the radiologist when encountering osteoporosis in women
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The role of the radiologist when encountering osteoporosis in women

D Lee Bennett and Robert D Post
American journal of roentgenology (1976), Vol.196(2), pp.331-337
02/2011
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5606
PMID: 21257884
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Abstract

This article describes the extent and potentially devastating consequences of osteoporosis in adult women. There is discussion of the importance of radiologists in the correct diagnosis and reporting of probable osteoporotic vertebral fractures on medical imaging studies. The Genant semiquantitative method for diagnosing osteoporotic vertebral fractures is presented. The importance of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry reproducibility is also briefly discussed.
Reproducibility of Results Osteoporosis - prevention & control Humans Middle Aged Osteoporosis - diagnosis Spinal Fractures - etiology Calibration Mass Screening - methods Spinal Fractures - diagnostic imaging Femoral Fractures - diagnostic imaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging Osteoporosis - complications Aged, 80 and over Absorptiometry, Photon - methods Adult Female Aged Femoral Fractures - chemically induced Clodronic Acid - adverse effects

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