Whole body bone mass and body composition in a girl with achondroplasia, at ages 9 through 12

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-190

  Rao, Gunda Narayana ^b   Greger, Nancy G ^b   Nelson, Dorothy A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Achondroplasia; Body composition; Bone mineral apparent density; Bone mineral density; Whole body mineral content

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACHONDROPLASIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0033139339     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:2:2:185     Document Type: Article

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