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Automated determination of bone age and bone mineral density in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a feasibility study

INTRODUCTION: Chronic inflammation combined with glucocorticoid treatment and immobilization puts juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients at risk of impaired growth and reduced bone mineral density (BMD). Conventional methods for evaluating bone age and BMD are time-consuming or come with addit...

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Autores principales: Anink, Janneke, Nusman, Charlotte M, van Suijlekom-Smit, Lisette WA, van Rijn, Rick R, Maas, Mario, van Rossum, Marion AJ
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4293113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25158602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-014-0424-1