Bone Abstracts

The chronic use of glucocorticoids in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) may result in decreased bone mass. Therefore, using simple and accurate methods for assessing bone status in these patients could facilitate the treatment of disease. The purpose of this study was to verify the association between parameters of bone mass measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and quantitative ultrasound (QUS) of proximal phalanges in children adolescents with c...