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Old 01-25-2009, 06:35 PM   #10
Henny
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This stopping calcium before the dexa scan is very interesting. One would think calcium circulating in the blood stream or newly taken up in the bone structure would not affect the scan. I'm going to ask one of the radiologist who I work with if there's any literature on the subject.
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