Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice: Application and Interpretation

✍ Scribed by Sydney Lou Bonnick MD (auth.)

Publisher: Humana Press
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Leaves: 284
Series: Current Clinical Practice
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Densitometry Techniques in Medicine Today....Pages 1-30
Densitometric Anatomy....Pages 31-64
Statistics in Densitometry....Pages 65-82
The Importance of Precision in Densitometry....Pages 83-94
Quality-Control Procedures for Densitometry....Pages 95-109
The Prediction of Fracture Risk with Densitometry....Pages 111-126
Effects of Age, Disease, and Drugs on Bone Density....Pages 127-173
Bone Density Data from DPA to DXA and Manufacturer to Manufacturer....Pages 175-195
Clinical Indications for Bone Densitometry....Pages 197-212
Case Studies....Pages 213-245
Back Matter....Pages 247-258

✦ Subjects

Endocrinology

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