Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 247-255 , July 2010

Evidence for Enhanced Characterization of Cortical Bone Using Novel pQCT Shape Software

  • Margaret Ann Laskey

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: M. Ann Laskey, DPhil, c/o Patricia Beer, MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge CB1 9NL, UK.
    • Nutrition and Bone Health, MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK
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  • Stephanie de Bono

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition and Bone Health, MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK
    • ,
  • Daan Zhu

      Affiliations

    • Confocal Images Analysis Laboratory, MRC National Institute of Medical Research, London, UK
    • ,
  • Colin N. Shaw

      Affiliations

    • Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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  • Peter J. Laskey

      Affiliations

    • Confocal Images Analysis Laboratory, MRC National Institute of Medical Research, London, UK
    • ,
  • Kate A. Ward

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition and Bone Health, MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK
    • ,
  • Ann Prentice

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition and Bone Health, MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK
    • Calcium. Vitamin D and Bone Health, MRC Keneba, The Gambia

Received 15 December 2009 ,Revised 28 April 2010 ,Accepted 12 May 2010.

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PII: S1094-6950(10)00193-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2010.05.005

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 247-255 , July 2010

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