DUAL-PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY OF THE UPPER T IBIA IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF OSTEOPENIA - ANALYSIS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OSTEOPENIA

Authors
MARTENS C THARANDT L
Citation
C. Martens et L. Tharandt, DUAL-PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY OF THE UPPER T IBIA IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF OSTEOPENIA - ANALYSIS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OSTEOPENIA, Die medizinische Welt, 44(12), 1993, pp. 709-715
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Die medizinische Welt → ACNP
ISSN journal
00258512
Volume
44
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
709 - 715
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-8512(1993)44:12<709:DAOTUT>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Using densitometry of bone, history taking and laboratory methods, eva luated 1,085 patients with osteopenia. The percentage of patients with contributing diagnoses was about 24%. Dividing these diagnoses, we fo und diseases of the endocrinium (74%),the digestion system (10%) and t he kidneys (1%), malignancies (6%) and other diseases (9%).