Quantitative ultrasound assessment of bone health in the neonate

Neonatology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-11

  McDevitt, H ^a   Ahmed, S F ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metabolic bone disease; Osteopaenia; Prematurity; Speed of sound

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE DISEASE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRENGTH; CARTILAGE CELL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEMUR; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN CARE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOPENIA; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE;

EID: 33846458327     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096965     Document Type: Review

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