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Changes in bone structure and the muscle-bone unit in children with chronic kidney disease

The impact of pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) on acquisition of volumetric bone mineral density (BMD) and cortical dimensions is lacking. To address this issue we obtained tibia quantitative computed tomography scans from 103 patients age 5-21 years with CKD (26 on dialysis) at baseline and 1...

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Autores principales: Tsampalieros, Anne, Kalkwarf, Heidi J, Wetzsteon, Rachel J, Shults, Justine, Zemel, Babette S, Foster, Bethany J., Foerster, Debbie L, Leonard, Mary B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4040969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23032560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ki.2012.347