Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on May 13, 2008
Rheumatology 2008 47(7):1108-1109; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ken167
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Comment on: Comparing morphometric X-ray absorptiometry and radiography in defining vertebral wedge fractures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: reply
1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Maastricht, and CAPHRI research institute University of Maastricht, Maastricht, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Bernhoven, Veghel/Oss, The Netherlands and 3Biomedical Research Institute, University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
Correspondence to: D. Vosse, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Maastricht, PO Box 5800, Maastricht 6202 AZ, The Netherlands. E-mail: dvo@sint.azm.nl
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SIR, We appreciate the comments by Scott-Russell et al. [1] and would like to reply to their letter as follows.
They report their experience with morphometry in 46 patients referred to a osteoporosis centre. Using the same definition of a vertebral fracture (deformity of
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