The potential of digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) in the assessment of osteopenia in children with chronic inflammatory bowel disease

Hans-Joachim Mentzel,Joerg Blume,Joachim Boettcher,Gabriele Lehmann,Diana Tuchscherer,Alexander Pfeil,A. Kramer,Ansgar Malich,Eberhard Kauf,Gert Hein,Werner A. Kaiser

The potential of digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) in the assessment of osteopenia in children with chronic inflammatory bowel disease

2006

Hans-Joachim Mentzel
Joerg Blume
Joachim Boettcher
Gabriele Lehmann
Diana Tuchscherer
Alexander Pfeil
A. Kramer
Ansgar Malich
Eberhard Kauf
Gert Hein
Werner A. Kaiser

Background Loss of bone mass is a known complication of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children. The gold standard in the evaluation of bone mineral density (BMD) is dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).

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Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
Pathology
Bone mineral
Osteopenia
Radiology
Ulcerative colitis
Inflammatory bowel disease
Indexation
Digital X-ray radiogrammetry
Medicine
bone mass
dual energy
Complication

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