Validation of FRAX® WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool with and without the Alara Metriscan Phalangeal Densitometer as a Screening Tool to Identify Osteoporosis in Thai Postmenopausal Women
Objective: To compare the performance of the WHO fracture risk assessment FRAX® tool and Alara Metriscan for screening osteoporosis in elderly Thai women using spine and hip BMD measurement by DXA.Materials and Methods: This study included postmenopausal Thai women, aged between 50 and 90 years,...
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| Language: | English |
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The Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
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| Online Access: | https://tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjog/article/download/3057/2823/ |