Increasing mineral density after menopause in individual lumbar vertebrae as a marker for incident degenerative disease: a pilot study for the effects of body composition and diet.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the potential utility of dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in incidence studies of lumbar spinal spondyloarthropathy. METHODS: Fifty-eight women recruited after menopause to a study of spinal bone loss were measured every 2 years for over a decade. Five developed scan image...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2004
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