Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 151-160 , April 2010

Assessing Body Composition in Healthy Newborn Infants: Reliability of Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry

  • Kristin Godang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Kristin Godang, BSc.E., Section of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, N-0027 Oslo, Norway.
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  • Elisabeth Qvigstad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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  • Nanna Voldner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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  • Gunhild A. Isaksen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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  • Kathrine F. Frøslie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
    • National Resource Centre for Women's Health, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • Jacob Nøtthellen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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  • Tore Henriksen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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  • Jens Bollerslev

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

Received 17 September 2009 ,Revised 18 January 2010 ,Accepted 18 January 2010.

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 Disclosures: The authors have individually nothing to declare for this study.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2010.01.121

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 151-160 , April 2010

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