Normal DXA bone mineral density but frail cortical bone in Turner's syndrome

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-64

  Zuckerman Levin, Nehama ^a   Yaniv, Irit ^b   Schwartz, Tseela ^b   Guttmann, Hadassah ^a   Hochberg, Ze'ev ^a,c  

^a MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b Sunlight Medical Ltd   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS; SCHOOL CHILD; TIBIA; TURNER SYNDROME;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 34250762196     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02835.x     Document Type: Article

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