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Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 266-275 , April 2008

“Black Hole Artifacts”—A New Potential Pitfall for DXA Accuracy?

Sarah L. Morgan
- Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
- Address correspondence to: Sarah L. Morgan, MD, RD, CCD, Departments of Nutrition Sciences and Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 354A Learning Resources Center, 1714 9th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1270.
Robert Lopez-Ben
- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Nancy Nunnally
- The Kirklin Clinic, UAB Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Clinic, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Leandria Burroughs
- The Kirklin Clinic, UAB Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Clinic, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Naomi Fineberg
- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
R. Shane Tubbs
- Department of Cell Biology/Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Michael V. Yester
- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

Received 12 June 2007 ,Revised 13 November 2007 ,Accepted 19 November 2007.

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