Bone mineral density in children with myelomeningocele

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-67

  Apkon, Susan D ^a,b   Fenton, Laura ^b   Coll, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; PHOSPHORUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOBILIZATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEELCHAIR;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 57949093220     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03102.x     Document Type: Article

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