title: Overview of role of BMD measurements in managing osteoporosis.
abstract: The advent of effective treatments and the opportunity to precisely and accurately measure bone mass have probably been the greatest advances in the field of osteoporosis in the last decade. Bone densitometry has become the most widespread noninvasive method for the detection of osteoporosis and to provide advice on risk of future fractures. It has achieved an unquestioned role in clinical decision making for the management of osteoporotic patients.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Department, Medway Hospital Trust, Kent, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D015519:Bone Density; D003720:Densitometry / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors