The skeletal effects of liver transplantation in children

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 371-372

  Compston, Juliet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

BODY HEIGHT; BONE CELL; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; BONE REMODELING; CELL ACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037390585     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50084     Document Type: Editorial

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