Bone mineral density in sixty adult patients with Marfan syndrome

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 475-479

  Le Parc, Jean Marie ^a   Plantin, P ^a   Jondeau, G ^a   Goldschild, M ^a   Albert, M ^a   Boileau, C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Fibrillin; Marfan syndrome; Osteopenia

Indexed keywords

OSTEOCALCIN;

ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CORTICAL BONE; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RADIUS; SCOLIOSIS; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; OSTEOCALCIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033402328     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980050257     Document Type: Article

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