Challenges in clinical assessment of bone density and quality in children

Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-20

  Holm, Ingrid A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Dual energy x ray absorptiometry; DXA; pQCT; QCT; Quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BODY GROWTH; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 33646913543     PISSN: 10683097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.med.0000200523.18955.64     Document Type: Review

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