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[Bone mass in patients with cystic fibrosis of the pancreas. Relationship with anthropometric parameters and genotype].
Medicina clinica - 24 Oct 1998
Yeste D, Liñán S, Cobos N, Gussinyé M, del Río L, Carrascosa A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional study of bone mineral density (BMD) in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis of the pancreas. The relationship of BMD values with nutritional status, respiratory function and the cystic transmembrane regulator genotype was also evaluated. PATIENTS AND METHODS: BMD expressed as grams of hydroxyapatite/cm2 was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in the lumbar spine...
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