Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 21-24 , January 2007

Repeat Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) Resulting From Reminder Letters For Women With a Baseline Abnormal DXA

  • Laura Shoemaker

      Affiliations

    • Departments of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Andrea Sikon

      Affiliations

    • Departments of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
    • Women's Health Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Anil Jain

      Affiliations

    • Departments of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Ashish Atreja

      Affiliations

    • Departments of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Bianca Falcone

      Affiliations

    • Women's Health Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Bradford J. Richmond

      Affiliations

    • Women's Health Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
    • Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Holly L. Thacker

      Affiliations

    • Departments of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
    • Women's Health Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Holly L. Thacker, MD, FACP, CCD, Director, Women's Health Center, Associate Professor CCLCM at CWRU, Cleveland Clinic/A10, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195.

Received 23 August 2006 ,Revised 1 December 2006 ,Accepted 2 December 2006.

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PII: S1094-6950(06)00310-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2006.12.001

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 21-24 , January 2007

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