Revised Pediatric Reference Data for the Lateral Distal Femur Measured by Hologic Discovery/Delphi Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-218

  Zemel, Babette S ^a   Stallings, Virginia A ^a   Leonard, Mary B ^a   Paulhamus, Donna R ^a   Kecskemethy, Heidi H ^b   Harcke, H Theodore ^b   Henderson, Richard C ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Bone mineral density (BMD); children; distal femur; dual energy X ray absorptiometry (DXA); reference data

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CHILD; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349138251     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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