Persistent osteopenia in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis-longitudinal monitoring of bone mineral density until skeletal maturity

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 123, Issue , 2006, Pages 47-51

  Cheng, J C Y ^a   Hung, V W Y ^a   Lee, W T K ^b   Yeung, H Y ^a   Lam, T P ^a   Ng, B K W ^a   Guo, X ^c   Qin, L ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Bone mineral density; Osteopenia

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MINERALS;

ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; BASELINE MEASUREMENTS; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY (DXA); OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; STANDARD DEVIATION;

BONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCOLIOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CHILD; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 34248385868     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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