Involutional Osteoporosis

Vincent R. Sites; R. M. Francis; D. M. Beaumont; Verena Hug; B. Lawrence Riggs; L. Joseph Melton

doi:10.1056/NEJM198701223160412

Involutional Osteoporosis

Vincent R. Sites, R. M. Francis, D. M. Beaumont, Verena Hug, B. Lawrence Riggs, L. Joseph Melton

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To the Editor: Riggs and Melton (June 26 issue)¹ advocated the use of dual-photon densitometry for the measurement of bone density to evaluate osteoporosis. They dismissed peripheral measurements by stating, “The correlation between density in the lumbar spine and radius, even at an ultradistal site, or the os calcis, is too low… for vertebral density to be predicted accurately for individual patients.” Since the presumed purpose of any osteoporosis screening test would be to predict which patients are at risk for fracture, not to measure bone density in a specific site, I do not believe that Riggs…

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	215-217
Number of pages	3
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	316
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198701223160412
State	Published - Jan 22 1987

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