Fracture prevalence in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 695-698

  McDonald, Denise G M ^a   Kinali, Maria ^b   Gallagher, Andrew C ^a   Mercuri, Eugenio ^b   Muntoni, Francesco ^b   Frcpch, Helen Roper ^c   Frcpch, Philip Jardine ^e   Jones, David Hilton ^f   Pike, M G ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FALLING; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG FRACTURE; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILIZATION; ORTHOSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0036773266     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2002.tb00272.x     Document Type: Article

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