Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10091756 The Journal of Pediatrics 2005 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
The inability of DXA to account for the large variability in skeletal size and body composition in growing children greatly diminishes the accuracy of this projection technique for assessing bone acquisition and diagnosing osteoporosis in pediatric populations.
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Bone Densitometry in Pediatric Populations: Discrepancies in the Diagnosis of Osteoporosis by DXA and CT
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