Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 407-412 , October 2010

Effect of Precision on Longitudinal Follow-Up of Bone Mineral Density Measurements in Elderly Women and Men

  • Janaka Lenora

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
    • Department of Orthopaedics, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
    • ,
  • Kristina Åkesson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
    • Department of Orthopaedics, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Kristina Åkesson, MD, PhD, Department of Orthopaedics, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden.
    • ,
  • Paul Gerdhem

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Orthopaedics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Received 14 October 2009 ,Revised 20 March 2010 ,Accepted 21 April 2010.

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PII: S1094-6950(10)00179-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2010.04.004

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 407-412 , October 2010

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