Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0002oc1 | Epidemiology | ICCBH2013

The Amalgamated Paediatric Bone Density Study (The ALPHABET Study): the collation and generation of UK based reference data for paediatric bone densitometry

Crabtree Nicola , Machin Mike , Bebbington Natalie , Adams Judith , Ahmed Faisal , Arundel Paul , Bishop Nicholas , Fewtrell Mary , Hogler Wolgang , Mughal M Zulf , Rhodes Laura , Shaw Nicholas , Ward Kate

Understanding normal patterns of bone growth is important for optimising bone health in children and reducing osteoporotic fractures in later life. Recently published guidelines for bone assessment in children state that to predict fractures a technique should identify children at risk of clinically significant fractures and that dual-energy absorptiometry (DXA) is the preferred method of assessment. Despite these guidelines there is still inconsistency and lack of consensus r...