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The relationship between fractures and DXA measures of BMD in the distal femur of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy

  1. Richard C Henderson1,*,
  2. Lisa M Berglund2,
  3. Ryan May3,
  4. Babette S Zemel4,
  5. Richard I Grossberg5,
  6. Julie Johnson6,
  7. Horacio Plotkin7,
  8. Richard D Stevenson8,
  9. Elizabeth Szalay9,
  10. Brenda Wong10,
  11. Heidi H Kecskemethy11,
  12. H Theodore Harcke12

Article first published online: 18 MAR 2010

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.091007

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 3, pages 520–526, March 2010

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Henderson, R. C., Berglund, L. M., May, R., Zemel, B. S., Grossberg, R. I., Johnson, J., Plotkin, H., Stevenson, R. D., Szalay, E., Wong, B., Kecskemethy, H. H. and Harcke, H. T. (2010), The relationship between fractures and DXA measures of BMD in the distal femur of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy. J Bone Miner Res, 25: 520–526. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.091007

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  1. 1

    Departments of Orthopaedics and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

  4. 4

    Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

  5. 5

    Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities, Mantua, OH, USA

  6. 6

    Children's Care Hospital and School, Sioux Falls, SD, USA

  7. 7

    Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

  8. 8

    Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

  9. 9

    Department of Orthopaedics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

  10. 10

    Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

  11. 11

    Nemours Biomedical Research and Department of Medical Imaging, A. I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA

  12. 12

    Department of Medical Imaging, A. I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA

*Department of Orthopaedics, Campus Box No.7055, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7055, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 MAR 2010
  2. Article first published online: 18 MAR 2010
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 27 JAN 2010 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 9 OCT 2009
  5. Manuscript Revised: 23 AUG 2009
  6. Manuscript Received: 4 APR 2009

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