Isaia G C, Sciolla A, Mussetta M, Molinatti G M
Instituto di Medicina Interna, Università degli Studi di Torino.
Minerva Endocrinol. 1992 Oct-Dec;17(4):155-62.
After having briefly illustrated the main theories of photonic ray bone densitometry, the authors describe the various techniques used to evaluate bone mass and bone mineral density as accurately and precisely as possible both at an appendicular level and at lumbar and femoral sites. Since these data only provide a static measurement and are unable to provide information regarding bone mass evolution in time, a method is illustrated which is theoretically capable of identifying high risk subjects, namely those who, on the basis of simple blood and urine tests for some biochemical parameters, are likely to undergo a significant reduction in bone mass in the future. Lastly, the paper reports the preliminary results of a study carried out in immediately post-menopausal women in whom rapid loss of bone mass was followed by a greater reduction in bone mineral density measured at an appendicular level.
在简要阐述了光子射线骨密度测定的主要理论之后，作者描述了用于尽可能准确和精确地评估四肢、腰椎和股骨部位骨量和骨矿物质密度的各种技术。由于这些数据仅提供静态测量结果，无法提供骨量随时间变化的信息，因此本文阐述了一种理论上能够识别高危人群的方法，即那些基于一些生化参数的简单血液和尿液检测，未来可能会出现骨量显著减少的人群。最后，本文报告了一项针对绝经后立即出现骨量快速流失且随后四肢部位骨矿物质密度下降幅度更大的女性进行的研究的初步结果。
