Forearm length - A new tool to standardize bone parameters of the forearm measured with peripheral quantitative computed tomography in individuals with disproportional growth of forearm length and body height

Hormone Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 172-177

  Fricke, Oliver ^a   Semler, Oliver ^a   Beccard, Ralf ^a   Land, Christof ^a   Ehrlich, Roland ^a   Remer, Thomas ^b   Schoenau, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body height; Bone mineral content; Disproportional growth; Forearm length; Osteogenesis imperfecta

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERAL; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; FOREARM LENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 70149089106     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000232493     Document Type: Article

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