Relationship between mandibular and lumbar bone mineral density in osteoporotic patients with quantitative computerized tomography (QCT) /
العلاقة بين كثافةالعظام فى الفك السفلى والفقرات القطنية فى مرضى هشاشة العظام باستخدام الاشعة المقطعية الكمية
Dina Mohamed Lotfi Elbeshlawy ; Supervised Mushira Mohamed Abdellattif Dahaba , Mohamed Abdellattah , Hala Ahmed Rafat Youssef
- Cairo : Dina Mohamed Lotfi Elbeshlawy , 2010
- 181Leaves : charts , facsimiles ; 30cm
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Oral-Radiology and Diagnosis
Osteoposis is a skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass that was thought to affect the jaw bones . In the current study twenty females aged between 40 and 70 years were selected and screened by DXA scan of spine femur and forearm . According to the resultant T - scores they were categorized into normal group (five patients)osteopenic group (seven patients)and osteoporotic group (eight patients)