Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 163-187 , January 2008

Quantitative Ultrasound in the Management of Osteoporosis: The 2007 ISCD Official Positions

  • Marc-Antoine Krieg

      Affiliations

    • Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Task Force Chair.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Marc-Antoine Krieg, MD, Center of Bone Diseases, Bone and Joint Department – CHUV, Av. Pierre-Decker 4, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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  • Reinhart Barkmann

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Stefano Gonnelli

      Affiliations

    • University of Siena, Siena, Italy
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Alison Stewart

      Affiliations

    • University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Douglas C. Bauer

      Affiliations

    • University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Luis Del Rio Barquero

      Affiliations

    • Cetir Centre Medic, Barcelona, Spain
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Jonathan J. Kaufman

      Affiliations

    • CyberLogic, Inc., New York, NY, USA
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Roman Lorenc

      Affiliations

    • Specjalistyczny Osrodek Medycyny Wieku, Warsaw, Poland
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Paul D. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Colorado Center for Bone Research, Lakewood, CO, USA
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Wojciech P. Olszynski

      Affiliations

    • University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Catalina Poiana

      Affiliations

    • “Carol Davila” University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Anne-Marie Schott

      Affiliations

    • Edouard Herriot Hospital, INSERM U 403, Lyon, France
    • Task Force Member.
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  • E. Michael Lewiecki

      Affiliations

    • New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
    • Task Force Liaison.
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  • Didier Hans

      Affiliations

    • Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Task Force Member.
    • Task Force Liaison.

Received 5 December 2007 ,Accepted 5 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.12.011

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
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