Calcaneal ultrasound imaging in healthy children and adolescents: Relation of the ultrasound parameters BUA and SOS to age, body weight, height, foot dimensions and pubertal stage

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 967-976

  Van den Bergh, J P W ^a   Noordam, C ^b   Ozyilmaz A ^b   Hermus, A R M M ^a   Smals, A G H ^a   Otten, B J ^b  

^a Department of Endocrinology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; BUA; Children; Puberty; SOS; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BONE DISEASE; CALCANEUS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALCANEUS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034512499     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980070036     Document Type: Article

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