Peculiar body composition in patients with Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1369-1374

  Brambilla, Paolo ^a,b   Bosio, Laura ^a   Manzoni, Paola ^a   Pietrobelli, Angelo ^a   Beccaria, Luciano ^a   Chiumello, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

body composition; bone mineral content; bone mineral density; dual energy X ray photon absorptiometry; DXA; fat mass; hypogonadism; lean mass; obesity; Prader Labhart Willi syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; OBESITY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0031002526     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.5.1369     Document Type: Article

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