DXA measurements in rett syndrome reveal small bones with low bone mass

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2280-2286

  Roende, Gitte ^a   Ravn, Kirstine ^a   Fuglsang, Kathrine ^a   Andersen, Henrik ^b   Bieber Nielsen, Jytte ^a   Brøndum Nielsen, Karen ^a   Jensen, Jens Erik Beck ^c  

^a JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BONE DENSITOMETRY; CLINICAL PEDIATRICS; LOW ENERGY FRACTURES; MECP2; RETT SYNDROME

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENE MUTATION; HIP; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; RETT SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RETT SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051987666     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.423     Document Type: Article

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