Long-Term Versus Short-Term Precision of Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Scans and the Impact on Interpreting Change in Bone Mineral Density at Follow-up

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 108-115

  Kiebzak, Gary M ^a   Morgan, Sarah L ^b,c  

^a UHZ Sports Medicine Institute   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

BMD; Bone mineral density; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; DXA; Follow up; Precision

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR NECK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE DENSITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955445907     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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