Quantitative ultrasound of the calcaneus in children and young adults with severe cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 696-698

  Jekovec Vrhovšek, Maja ^a   Kocijančič, Andreja ^a   Preželj, Janez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CREATININE; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCANEUS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPENIA; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPASTICITY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE RESORPTION; CALCANEUS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 26844549998     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162205001416     Document Type: Article

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