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Executive summary of the 2013 International Society for Clinical Densitometry Position Development Conference on bone densitometry.

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The methodology of the 2013 ISCD Body Composition PDC is described, the recommendations pertain to clinically relevant issues regarding DXA indications of use, acquisition, analysis, quality control, interpretation, and reporting are addressed and the results are summarized.
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This article is published in Journal of Clinical Densitometry.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 407 citations till now.

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