Phalangeal Quantitative Ultrasound in Children with Phenylketonuria: A Pilot Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1049-1052

  Porta, Francesco ^a   Spada, Marco ^a   Lala, Roberto ^b   Mussa, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone; Phenylketonuria; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; AMINO ACIDS; BONE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONDITION MONITORING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GARNETS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; ULTRASONICS;

CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; CORTICAL THICKNESS; LONGITUDINAL MONITORING; MINERAL DENSITY; PHENYLKETONURIA; PHENYLKETONURIA (PKU); PILOT STUDIES; PLASMA PHENYLALANINE; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; TRANSMISSION TIME; Z SCORES;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

PHENYLALANINE;

ADOLESCENT; AMPLITUDE DEPENDENT SPEED OF SOUND MEASUREMENT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TRANSMISSION TIME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHALANGEAL ULTRASOUND; PHALANX; PHENYLKETONURIA; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGER PHALANGES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLKETONURIAS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 45949103906     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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