Quantitative ultrasound applied to metacarpal bone in infants

Quantitative ultrasound applied to metacarpal bone in infants

Aim. To provide bone status assessment in infancy using quantitative ultrasound (QUS) applied to second metacarpus.Methods. 103 healthy term infants and 3 patients with rickets, aged ≤ 12 months, underwent metacarpal QUS evaluation using QUS DBM Sonic Aurora IGEA (MO, Italy), which measures speed of...

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Main Authors: Francesco Savino, Serena Viola, Stefania Benetti, Simone Ceratto, Valentina Tarasco, Maria Maddalena Lupica, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2013-08-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Quantitative ultrasound
Second metacarpus
Reference values
Bone mineral status
Rickets
Infants
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/141.pdf

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