Bone size and density measurements in prepubertal children with Turner syndrome prior to growth hormone therapy

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1709-1715

  Pitukcheewanont, P ^a   Numbenjapon, N ^a   Safani, D ^a   Rossmiller, S ^a   Gilsanz, V ^a   Costin, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone density; Bone size; Children; Prepuberty; Quantitative computed tomography; Turner syndrome

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SIZE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISPANIC; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; TURNER SYNDROME; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMUR; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PUBERTY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 79959955243     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-010-1375-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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