Re: Bone densitometry - HELP!

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Possibly " young adult group " ?

At 01:41 PM 5/7/2002, cconerly2000 wrote:

>I did okay on this one, but several times I have instances of

>something like this:

>

>AP view of the right femoral neck reveals a bone mineral density of

>0.810 g/c2, which is 1.4 standard deviations below the mean for the

>s/l young-ed-ell group, in the range of mild osteopenia of cortical

>bone.

>

>He mentions this group throughout the test. Can anyone help?? Thanks!

Valeria Truitt

Medical Office Administration Instructor

Craven Community College

New Bern, North Carolina 28562