Feasibility of quantitative ultrasound measurements on the humerus of newborn infants for the assessment of the skeletal status

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 541-546

  Gonnelli, S ^a   Montagnani, A ^a   Gennari, L ^a   Martini, S ^a   Merlotti, D ^a   Cepollaro, C ^a   Perrone, S ^a   Buonocore, G ^a   Nuti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone growth; Newborn infants; Quantitative ultrasound; Skeletal status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE DEPENDENT SPEED OF SOUND; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; BONE TRANSMISSION TIME; CALCIUM INTAKE; DIAPHYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAST WAVE AMPLITUDE; FEMALE; FINGER; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; MOTHER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL DYNAMICS; SKELETAL STATUS; SKELETON; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 3142622733     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-003-1558-1     Document Type: Article

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