2019
The Utility of DXA Assessment at the Forearm, Proximal Femur, and Lateral Distal Femur, and Vertebral Fracture Assessment in the Pediatric Population: 2019 ISCD Official Position
Weber D, Boyce A, Gordon C, Högler W, Kecskemethy H, Misra M, Swolin-Eide D, Tebben P, Ward L, Wasserman H, Shuhart C, Zemel B. The Utility of DXA Assessment at the Forearm, Proximal Femur, and Lateral Distal Femur, and Vertebral Fracture Assessment in the Pediatric Population: 2019 ISCD Official Position. Journal Of Clinical Densitometry 2019, 22: 567-589. PMID: 31421951, PMCID: PMC7010480, DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2019.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDual-energy X-ray absorptiometryVertebral fracture assessmentGroup of childrenAssessment of skeletal healthDual-energy X-ray absorptiometry assessmentBone health assessmentTotal body less headSpine DXA scansLumbar spine DXA scansDual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scanLateral distal femurProximal femurClinical bone health assessmentFracture assessmentHealth assessmentX-ray absorptiometryDXA scansEvaluation of bone fragilityBone healthPediatric positionsSkeletal healthHealthPediatricPediatric populationChildren
2017
Bone Structural Characteristics and Response to Bisphosphonate Treatment in Children With Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome
Sakka S, Gafni R, Davies J, Clarke B, Tebben P, Samuels M, Saraff V, Klaushofer K, Fratzl-Zelman N, Roschger P, Rauch F, Högler W. Bone Structural Characteristics and Response to Bisphosphonate Treatment in Children With Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2017, 102: 4163-4172. PMID: 28938420, PMCID: PMC5673271, DOI: 10.1210/jc.2017-01102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHajdu-Cheney syndromeIncreased bone resorptionBP therapyNOTCH2 mutationsLumbar spine bone mineral densityBone resorptionIncreased heterogeneity of mineralizationResponse to bisphosphonate treatmentLumbar spine bone densitySpine bone mineral densityDual-energy X-ray absorptiometryTransiliac bone biopsy specimensQuantitative computed tomography resultsBone histomorphometric characteristicsSpine bone densityPeripheral quantitative computed tomography resultsCortical thicknessResponse to bisphosphonatesX-ray absorptiometryBone mineral densityPeripheral quantitative computed tomographyBone biopsy specimensResponse to BPComputed tomography resultsQuantitative computed tomography