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Animal, 2015 The ability to accurately measure body or carcass composition is important for performance testing, grading and finally selection or payment of meat-producing animals.
A.M. Scholz +4 more
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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 1991 Abstract Both dual-photon absorptiometry (DPA) using 153Gd and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) can be used for measurement of bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) of the total skeleton and its seven major regions.
NUTI, RANUCCIO +4 more
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The Gambian Bone and Muscle Ageing Study: Baseline Data from a Prospective Observational African Sub-Saharan Study [PDF]
, 2017 The Gambian Bone and Muscle Ageing Study is a prospective observational study investigating bone and muscle ageing in men and women from a poor, subsistence farming community of The Gambia, West Africa.
Aboderin +36 more
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Prospective study on quantitative evaluation of femoral neck bone mineral density using spectral localizer radiograph from photon-counting detector CT [PDF]
Zhenduanxue lilun yu shijianObjective To evaluate the performance of spectral localizer radiograph (SLR) acquired by photon-counting detector CT (PCD-CT) for the quantitative assessment of areal bone mineral density (aBMD) in the femoral neck.
ZHOU Shanshui, QIN Le, CHANG Rui, DU Lianjun, YAN Fuhua, LIU Fangtao
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The Role of Calcium in Osteoporosis [PDF]
Calcium requirements may vary throughout the lifespan. During the growth years and up to age 25 to 30, it is important to maximize dietary intake of calcium to maintain positive calcium balance and achieve peak bone mass, thereby possibly decreasing the ...
Arnaud, C. D., Sanchez, S. D.
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Bone mineral density of the lumbar spine of Brazilian children and adolescents aged 6 to 14 years [PDF]
, 2001 The authors performed a study of bone mass in eutrophic Brazilian children and adolescents using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in order to obtain curves for bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) by chronological age and ...
Ferraz, Marcos Bosi +5 more
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Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi, 2006 This study was performed to assess and compare the effects of raloxifene and alendronate for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Thirty-two women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (raloxifene group:16 patients, alendronate group: 16 patients ...
Gülcan Gürer +4 more
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Prevalence of osteoporosis and incidence of hip fracture in women - secular trends over 30 years
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2010 Background The number of hip fractures during recent decades has been reported to be increasing, partly because of an increasing proportion of elderly women in the society.
Sernbo Ingemar +6 more
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Bone and renal stone disease in patients operated for primary hyperparathyroidism in Pakistan: Is the pattern of disease different from the West? [PDF]
, 1999 Objective: To document the clinical presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) in a developing country and note differences from the West. Setting: A tertiary care teaching hospital.
Biyabani, Syed Raziuddin +1 more
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Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi, 2005 This study was performed to compare and to research the effects of raloxifene and alendronate for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis women. Thirty two women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (raloxifene group:16 patients, alendronate group: 16 ...
Gülcan Gürer +4 more
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