Ultrasound and alendronate: New tools for osteoporosis screening and treatment
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 1998 September;65(8):398-401
September 1, 1998|Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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ABSTRACT
Office-based physicians can now use ultrasonography of the heel to screen for osteoporosis and estimate the risk of fractures. In treating osteoporosis, alendronate has been shown to increase bone mineral density and to decrease the incidence of fractures.
