PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bradford Richmond
TI  - DXA scanning to diagnose osteoporosis: Do you know what the results mean?
DP  - 2003 Apr 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 353--360
VI  - 70
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/4/353.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/4/353.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2003 Apr 01; 70
AB  - Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) provides useful information about osteoporosis and fracture risk that, combined with other risk factors for osteoporosis, helps guide therapy. However, DXA is operator-dependent, making it imperative to refer patients to sites where the operators are experienced in this technology.