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Peripheral quantitative computed tomography detects differences at the radius in prepubertal children with cystic fibrosis compared to healthy controls

INTRODUCTION: In 2015, 11.9% of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) in the United States had osteopenia, 5.1% osteoporosis, and 0.3% experienced a fracture. Screening for CF-related bone disease starts in childhood, and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the recommended method. It is unknown whe...

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Autores principales: O’Brien, Catherine E., Com, Gulnur, Fowlkes, John, Tang, Xinyu, James, Laura P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5764746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29324908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191013