Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 207-218 , April 2009

Revised Pediatric Reference Data for the Lateral Distal Femur Measured by Hologic Discovery/Delphi Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry

  • Babette S. Zemel

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Babette S. Zemel, PhD, Division of GI, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3535 Market Street, Room 1560, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399.
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  • Virginia A. Stallings

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Mary B. Leonard

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Donna R. Paulhamus

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Heidi H. Kecskemethy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Research, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA
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  • H. Theodore Harcke

      Affiliations

    • Medical Imaging, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA
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  • Richard C. Henderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Received 29 July 2008 ,Revised 26 January 2009 ,Accepted 26 January 2009.

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PII: S1094-6950(09)00007-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2009.01.005

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 207-218 , April 2009

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