Open AccessBone densitometry by radiofrequency echographic multi-spectrometry (REMS) in acromegaly patients
Author(s) -
Małgorzata Rolla,
Jowita Halupczok-Żyła,
Aleksandra Jawiarczyk-Przybyłowska,
Marek Bolanowski
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
endokrynologia polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.413
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2299-8306
pISSN - 0423-104X
DOI - 10.5603/ep.a2020.0056
Subject(s) - acromegaly , densitometry , medicine , bone mineral , osteoporosis , femoral neck , urology , nuclear medicine , growth hormone , hormone
Radiofrequency echographic multi-spectrometry (REMS) is a recently introduced non-ionising technology employed in the evaluation of osteoporosis. The aim of our study was to compare bone mineral density (BMD) in acromegaly patients and healthy controls by performing novel REMS densitometry. The second objective was to analyse the correlation between results of REMS and classical dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in acromegaly patients.