Bone Abstracts

Children with cystinosis have numerous risk factors for impaired bone accrual. We used state-of-the-art quantitative imaging of bone microarchitecture (HR-pQCT) to measure trabecular and cortical microstructure and bone strength in children and adolescents (5-20yrs) with cystinosis. We enrolled 20 cystinosis patients and recruited 34 healthy age- and gender- matched controls. Distal radius and tibia HR-pQCT scans (XtremeCT II, Scanco Medical) were acquired 2...