Osteopenia in female β-thalassemic patients

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages 989-991

  Pafumi, C ^a,b   Roccasalva, L ^a   Pernicone, G ^a   Spano G ^a   Palumbo, M A ^a   Di Gregorio, F ^a   Caruso Nicoletti, M ^a   Conversano, M ^a   Cianci, A ^a   Palumbo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

DPX (dual photon X ray absorptiometry); Osteopenia; Osteoporosis; Thalassemia; Z score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE DENSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; AMENORRHEA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032411167     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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