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Quantitative computed tomography of the

Quantitative computed tomography of the lumbar spine, not dual x-ray absorptiometry, is an independent predictor of prevalent vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteopenia receiving long-term glucocorticoid and hormone-replacement therapy

✍ Q. Rehman; T. Lang; G. Modin; N. E. Lane 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 55 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## Objective To determine which measurement of bone mineral density (BMD) predicts vertebral fractures in a cohort of postmenopausal women with glucocorticoid‐induced osteoporosis. ## Methods We recruited 114 subjects into the study. All had osteopenia of the lumbar spine or hip, as