Assessing bone health in children: Who to test and what does it mean?

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages 332-336

  Bachrach, Laura K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Bone mineral apparent density (BMAD); Bone mineral content (BMC); Bone mineral density (BMD); Dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DXA); Pediatric osteoporosis; T score; Z score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BONE DENSITY; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 16344376566     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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