Of small bones and big mistakes; bone densitometry in children revisited

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 432-439

  van Rijn, R R ^a   Van Kuijk, C ^b  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Children; DXA

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITOMETRY; CHILDREN; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DXA;

BONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ULTRASOUND;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 69849107378     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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