Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 189

Setting a QUS cut-off to screen for osteoporosis?
By Tracie L. Thompson
CHICAGO - If quantitative ultrasound were used as an initial screening exam among the patients with suspected osteoporosis referred to the Klinik Radiodiagnostik at the University of Vienna, it could have ruled out osteoporosis in 20% of patients.
November 28, 1999
Polymorphism increases osteoarthritis susceptibility
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 26 - A functional polymorphism in the gene that encodes growth differentiation factor 5 (GDF5) increases the susceptibility to osteoarthritis (OA), according to a report in the March 25th advance online publication of Nature Genetics.
December 31, 1998
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Endometriosis does not increase long-term fracture risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 2 - Results of a study published in the December issue of Fertility and Sterility suggest that endometriosis, as well as various treatments for the condition, do not increase the long-term risk of fracture.
December 31, 1998
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Risedronate reduces biochemical markers of cartilage degradation in knee osteoarthritis
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 19 - Pain is reduced and signs of disease modification are present when biochemical markers of cartilage degradation are used to assess knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, the bisphosphonate does not slow disease progression on radiography, investigators with the Knee Osteoarthritis Structural Arthritis (KOSTAR) study reported the November issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism.
December 31, 1998
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