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DXA is most commonly used to measure the mineral content of the skeleton, for the diagnosis and follow up of osteoporosis, but can also measure the fat and lean soft tissue content of the body.
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Adams JE. Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. In: Grampp S, editor. Radiology of osteoporosis. 2nd ed. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 105–24.
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Whitehouse, R. (2012). Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA). In: Payne, S., Eardley, I., O'Flynn, K. (eds) Imaging and Technology in Urology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2422-1_5
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