DXA Estimates of Vertebral Volumetric Bone Mineral Density in Children: Potential Advantages of Paired Posteroanterior and Lateral Scans

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-273

  Leonard, Mary B ^a   Shults, Justine ^a   Zemel, Babette S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; children; DXA; growth, lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY; VOLUMETRY; X RAY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINE;

EID: 33747335250     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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