Osteoporosis in children: Still a diagnostic challenge

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2030-2032

  Bachrach, Laura K ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; ETHNICITY; FOREARM FRACTURE; GOLD STANDARD; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WRIST FRACTURE;

EID: 34347222940     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-0828     Document Type: Editorial

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