Femoral neck may be the better site to be evaluated when measuring BMD
sergio toledo, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine,Brazil
24 October 2006
As far as I know, femoral neck is the better site to be analyzed when hip bone mineral density (BMD) must be studied. Other hip bone subsites may be not so informative. Thus, instead of total hip BMD the authors might have used BMD data coming from femoral neck to compare with lumbar spine BMD findings in these cases.
Femoral neck may be the better site to be evaluated when measuring BMD
24 October 2006
As far as I know, femoral neck is the better site to be analyzed when hip bone mineral density (BMD) must be studied. Other hip bone subsites may be not so informative. Thus, instead of total hip BMD the authors might have used BMD data coming from femoral neck to compare with lumbar spine BMD findings in these cases.
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