International Society for Clinical Densitometry official positions: Asia-Pacific Region consensus.
The International Society for Clinical Densitometry (lSCD) is a nonprofit multidisciplinary international professional organization. The ISCD mission is to advance excellence in the assessment of skeletal health. To achieve this mission, the ISCD has conducted a number of Position Development Conferences over the past 10yr, bringing together international experts to review and create evidence-based position statements guiding clinicians involved in the area. The Asia-Pacific (AP) Panel of the ISCD was formed to give regional input to the ISCD from the AP Region and to oversee ISCD education and certification programs in the region. An AP Panel consensus meeting recently reviewed the most current Official Positions of the ISCD in view of the different population characteristics and health standards in the region. The reviewed position statements included those for bone testing by central and peripheral devices but did not include ISCD Official Positions on Vertebral Fracture Assessment or pediatric bone mineral density.
Kung
Annie W C
AW
Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. awckung@hkucc.hku.hk
Wu
Chih-Hsing
CH
Itabashi
Akira
A
Lee
Joon Kiong
JK
Park
Hyoung Moo
HM
Zhao
Yanling
Y
Chan
Wing P
WP
Kendler
David L
DL
Leib
Edward S
ES
Lewiecki
E Michael
EM
Bilezikian
John P
JP
Baim
Sanford
S
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