Is decreased bone mineral density in pediatric transplant recipients really a problem?

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 342-344

  Feber, Janusz ^a   Filler, Guido ^a   Cochat, Pierre ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CHILD; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPENIA; RECIPIENT; SIDE EFFECT; TRABECULAR BONE;

BONE DENSITY; CHILD; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STEROIDS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0142086679     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2003.00070.x     Document Type: Editorial

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