Bone Abstracts

Pediatric inflammatory diseases are associated with low bone mass and fractures during childhood. In conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease and systemic lupus erythematosus, glucocorticoid therapy, and pro-inflammatory cytokines are key factors that impair bone accrual through specific effects on osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and osteocytes. Other factors may contribute to suboptimal skeletal maturation, including malnutrition, pubertal delay, low muscle mass, and physical ...

Biographical DetailsSandy Burnham received his MD from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN) in 1997 and completed his Pediatrics Residency in 2000 and General Pediatrics and Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowships in 2004 at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). He received his Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from UPENN in 2006. Dr...