Pre-screening for osteoporosis with calcaneus quantitative ultrasound and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry bone density

Abstract Calcaneal quantitative ultrasonography (QUS) is a useful prescreening tool for osteoporosis, while the dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the mainstream in clinical practice. We evaluated the correlation between QUS and DXA in a Taiwanese population. A total of 772 patients were enro...

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Main Authors: Chia-Chi Yen, Wei-Chun Lin, Tzu-Hao Wang, Guan-Fan Chen, Da-Ying Chou, Dian-Min Lin, Shu-Yuan Lin, Min-Ho Chan, Jia-Ming Wu, Chin-Dar Tseng, Yu-Jie Huang, Tsair-Fwu Lee
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/bcc5448f5ef04b8f9251c51254fd0a5f
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