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To scan or not to scan? DXA in postmenopausal women

Kristi Tough DeSapri, MD, CCD, NCMP and Rachel Brook, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 205-210; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.18136
Kristi Tough DeSapri
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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Assistant Professor, Hospitalist, Department of Medicine, Iris Cantor UCLA Women’s Health Center, University of California, Los Angeles
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vol. 87 no. 4 205-210
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.18136
PubMed 
32238375

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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0891-1150
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1939-2869
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  • Published online April 1, 2020.

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  1. Kristi Tough DeSapri, MD, CCD, NCMP⇑
  1. Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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    Kristi Tough DeSapri, MD, CCD, NCMP, Assistant Professor of Ob/GYN and Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern, 259 East Erie Street, Suite 2450 Chicago, IL 60611; kristi.toughdesapri{at}nm.org
  1. Rachel Brook, MD
  1. Assistant Professor, Hospitalist, Department of Medicine, Iris Cantor UCLA Women’s Health Center, University of California, Los Angeles
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    • ABSTRACT
    • BONE MINERAL DENSITY DECLINES WITH AGE AND MENOPAUSE
    • OSTEOPOROSIS IS COMMON
    • DXA SCREENING
    • RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DXA SCREENING IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN
    • WHY NOT SCREEN ALL YOUNGER POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN?
    • FRAX IS A VALIDATED TOOL
    • SHOULD OUR PATIENT UNDERGO DXA?
    • MANAGING LOW BONE MASS
    • EFFECTIVE AND EMERGING THERAPIES
    • CLINICAL BOTTOM LINE
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