Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3271725 | Journal of Clinical Densitometry | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Diagnostic discordance for osteoporosis is the observation that the T-score of a patient varies between skeletal sites, falling into 2 different diagnostic categories identified by the World Health Organization classification system. Densitometrists and clinicians should expect that at least 4 of every 10 patients tested by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to demonstrate T-score discordance between spine and total hip measurement sites. T-score discordance can occur for a variety of reasons related to physiologic and pathologic patient factors and the performance or analysis of DXA itself.
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Authors
A. El Maghraoui, D.A. Mouinga Abayi, H. Rkain, A. Mounach,