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760. Assessment of DEXA Scan Ordering Among Infectious Disease Providers at a Large Tertiary-Care Urban Academic Center in the Midwest

BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis is compromised bone strength that predisposes to fracture. It can be diagnosed by Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) measurement of bone mineral density (BMD). Persons with HIV (PWH) are at higher risk for the development of osteoporosis. As such, the HIV Medicine Assoc...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Rebecca Nirmal, Masters, Mary Clare, Krueger, Karen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6811057/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.828