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SUBMITTER: Carvalho CG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4315739 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carvalho Catarina G CG Pereira Renata C RC Gales Barbara B Salusky Isidro B IB Wesseling-Perry Katherine K
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 20140904 3
<h4>Background</h4>Cortical bone represents nearly 80 % of human bone mass and is the major determinant of bone strength; however, cortical bone parameters and their relationship to trabecular bone in the pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) population have not been evaluated.<h4>Methods</h4>Biochemical values and cortical and trabecular bone parameters were assessed in 22 pediatric dialysis patients: 12 with high and 10 with normal to low trabecular bone turnover.<h4>Results</h4>Trabecular bo ...[more]