Importance of lean mass in the interpretation of total body densitometry in children and adolescents

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-88

  Hogler W ^b   Briody, Julie ^a   Woodhead, H J ^b   Chan, A ^b   Cowell, C T ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE DEFECT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0042744784     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(03)00187-2     Document Type: Article

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