The Relationship Between Fractures and DXA Measures of BMD in the Distal Femur of Children and Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy or Muscular Dystrophy

Children with limited or no ability to ambulate frequently sustain fragility fractures. Joint contractures, scoliosis, hip dysplasia, and metallic implants often prevent reliable measures of bone mineral density (BMD) in the proximal femur and lumbar spine, where BMD is commonly measured. Further, t...

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Autores principales: Henderson, Richard C, Berglund, Lisa M, May, Ryan, Zemel, Babette S, Grossberg, Richard I, Johnson, Julie, Plotkin, Horacio, Stevenson, Richard D, Szalay, Elizabeth, Wong, Brenda, Kecskemethy, Heidi H, Harcke, H Theodore
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3153393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19821773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1359/jbmr.091007

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