Bone ultrasonography at phalanxes in patients with Rett syndrome: A 3-year longitudinal study

Bone

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 737-742

  Gonnelli, S ^a   Caffarelli, C ^a   Hayek, J ^b   Montagnani, A ^a   Cadirni, A ^a   Franci, B ^a   Lucani, B ^a   Rossi, S ^a   Nuti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

25OHD; Ambulatory impairment; Anticonvulsants; Quantitative ultrasound; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLITUDE DEPENDENT SPEED OF SOUND; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE TRANSMISSION TIME; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHALANX; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASONOGRAPHY; RETT SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE AND BONES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RETT SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 40849120482     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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