Effects of lower-leg lengthening on bone mineral density and soft tissue composition of legs in a patient with achondroplasia

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 339-341

  Takata, Shinjiro ^a   Ikata, Takaaki ^a   Yonezu, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CASE REPORT; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DWARFISM; FEMALE; FRONTAL BOSSING; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG LENGTHENING; LOWER LEG; MUSCLE GROWTH; OSSIFICATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BONE DENSITY; BONE LENGTHENING; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSTEOCALCIN; TIBIA;

EID: 0033768792     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007740070006     Document Type: Article

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