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Original Research
Evaluation by means of radius bone densitometry of the fracture risk due to osteoporosis in post-menopause
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1
1st Obstetric and Gynecological Clinic of Bologna Unversity, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institutes, Bologna
2
Department of Mineralogic Science, Bologna University
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 1991, 18(3), 181–183;
Published: 10 September 1991
Abstract
The aim of this work is to establish the predictive value of radius bone density with reference to the risk of fracture in postmenopausal women. Our data confirm a significant predictability of the radius for limb and rib fractures, but not for vertebral bones.
Keywords
Osteoporosis
Radius bone density
Fracture risk
Postmenopause