PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - Wilke, William S.
AU  - Tonino, Richard P.
TI  - Ultrasound and alendronate: New tools for osteoporosis screening and treatment
DP  - 1998 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 398--401
VI  - 65
IP  - 8
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/8/398.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/8/398.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1998 Sep 01; 65
AB  - Office-based physicians can n o w 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.