Incidence, prevalence, and characteristics of fractures in children, adolescents, and adults with spina bifida

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Dosa, Nienke P ^a,b   Eckrich, Michael ^a   Katz, Danielle A ^a   Turk, Margaret ^a   Liptak, Gregory S ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adult; Bone loss; Child; Fracture; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINA BIFIDA;

EID: 34548263688     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2007.11753961     Document Type: Article

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