Editorial: Is REMS-BMD Truly a Measured Parameter? A Call for Transparency and Technical Clarification

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, St Vincents Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia. n.pocock@unsw.edu.au.
² Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia.

Editorial

Nicholas Pocock et al. Osteoporos Int. 2025.

. 2025 Sep 29.

doi: 10.1007/s00198-025-07699-4. Online ahead of print.

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, St Vincents Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia. n.pocock@unsw.edu.au.
² Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflicts of interest: Author 1 (N Pocock) owns and provides a DXA service. Author 2, declares they have no conflict of interest.

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