Bone densitometry in growing patients:guidelines for clinical practice

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Bachrach Laura K.; Fung Ellen B.; Sawyer Aenor J.
Published: Humana Press,
Publisher Address: Totowa, N.J.
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-211-3
Carrier Form: xviii, 226 p.: ill. ; 27 cm.
ISBN: 9781597452113 (electronic bk.)
1597452114 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: R681
CLC: R681
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rationale for bone densitometry in childhood and adolescence / Aenor J. Sawyer and Laura K. Bachrach -- Tools for measuring bone in children and adolescents / Kate A. Ward, Zulf Mughal, and Judith E. Adams -- Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry / Nicola J. Crabtree, Mary B. Leonard, and Babette S. Zemel -- Clinical indications for the use of DXA in pediatrics / Laura K. Bachrach ... [et al.] -- Acquisition of DXA in children and adolescents / Nicola J. Crabtree, Kyla Kent, and Babette S. Zemel -- Analysis / Moira Petit ... [et al.] -- Evaluation / Babette S. Zemel and Moira Petit -- Reporting DXA results / Ellen B. Fung ... [et al.] -- Children with special considerations / Laurie J. Moyer-Mileur, Zulf Mughal, and Ellen B. Fung -- Research considerations / Mary B. Leonard and Moira Petit -- Looking to the future of pediatric bone densitometry / Nicholas J. Bishop, Aenor J. Sawyer, and Mary B. Leonard.