A population-based approach to the investigation of osteopenia in Rett syndrome

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 323-328

  Leonard, H ^a   Thomson, M R ^c   Glasson, E J ^c   Fyfe, S ^c   Leonard, S ^c   Bower, C ^c   Christodoulou, J ^c   Ellaway, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METACARPAL BONE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETT SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032940559     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299000717     Document Type: Article

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