Low bone mineral density in adolescents with β-thalassemia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1054, Issue , 2005, Pages 462-466

  Vogiatzi, Maria G ^a   Autio, Karen A ^a   Mait, Jeffrey E ^a   Schneider, Robert ^b   Lesser, Martin ^c   Giardina, Patricia J ^a,d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone resorption; Low bone mass (LBM); Osteopenia; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; SEX HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPARATUS; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRENGTH; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETERIORATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GONAD FUNCTION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOW BONE MASS; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STAGING; TANNER STAGE; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 29744434905     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1345.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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