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KMID : 0381219910230040431
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Journal of RIMSK
1991 Volume.23 No. 4 p.431 ~ p.437
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The Assessment of Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women using Quantitative Computed Tomography
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Abstract
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The postmenopausal acceleration of bone loss occurs due to estrogen deficiency and affect, trabecular bone.
Osteoporosis, defined as a skeletal condition characterized by reduction in bone volume and an increased vulnerability to fracture, is a common problem among postmenopausal women and associated with a high incidence of skeletal fractures, especially vertebra.
Recently, Quantitative Computed Tomography (QCT) has been widely investigated as a means to quantify bone mineral content noninvasively.
Spinal bone mineral density(BMD) using QCT has been analyzed from Sep. 1990 to Jun. 1991 in 142 postmenopausal women who visited at the department of OB & GY, Yong San Hospital, Chung-Ang University.
The pattern of age-related bone loss from spine in postmenopausal identified as a rate of 2.8 %, 3.1 % per year, respectively. Therefore measurement of bone mineral content using QCT may be useful for routine risk evaluation of postmenopausal women and estimation of postmenopausal bone loss.
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