Rapid growth produces transient cortical weakness: A risk factor for metaphyseal fractures during puberty

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1521-1526

  Wang, Qingju ^a   Wang, Xiao Fang ^a   Iuliano Burns, Sandra ^a   Ghasem Zadeh, Ali ^a   Zebaze, Roger ^a   Seeman, Ego ^a  

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Author keywords

Bone; HR pQCT; Metaphysis; Puberty; Sex difference; Structure; Trabeculae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MINERAL; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPHYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBERTY; RADIUS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADOLESCENT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; RADIUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIBIA;

EID: 77954722579     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.46     Document Type: Article

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