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SUBMITTER: Weber DR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7010480 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct - Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weber David R DR Boyce Alison A Gordon Catherine C Högler Wolfgang W Kecskemethy Heidi H HH Misra Madhusmita M Swolin-Eide Diana D Tebben Peter P Ward Leanne M LM Wasserman Halley H Shuhart Christopher C Zemel Babette S BS
Journal of clinical densitometry : the official journal of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry 20190710 4
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is widely used in the evaluation of bone fragility in children. Previous recommendations emphasized total body less head and lumbar spine DXA scans for clinical bone health assessment. However, these scan sites may not be possible or optimal for all groups of children with conditions that threaten bone health. The utility of DXA scans of the proximal femur, forearm, and radius were evaluated for adequacy of reference data, precision, ability of predict frac ...[more]