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C Micale

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A new method for the quantitative determination of osteoporosis in man.

The authors studied a technique based on the use of a radiographic negative in antero-posterior projection of the third lumbar vertebra, from which the index of osteoporosis was obtained quantitatively by spectrophotometric examination. This index is about 0.50 in normal cases and approaches unity in cases of osteoporosis.

Densitometry↗

[Poland syndrome. Clinical and structural considerations].

The Authors reported 4 cases of Poland Syndrome. In one of these was possible to perform a skin and muscle biopsy. The clinical aspects of the patients, compared with those observed in the literature are reported. The disease is a malformative syndrome, and the histological features of skin and muscle appeared not structurally affected.

Adolescent↗