Bone Abstracts

The term ‘inflammatory bowel disease’ (IBD) describes a chronic and relapsing inflammation. Up to 25% of all patients with IBD develop the disease during childhood and adolescence. IBD is considered one of the most common chronic childhood diseases in the Western world. Besides epidemiologic data, a short overview about disease presentation, diagnostic criteria and current treatment strategies will be given.The etiology of IBD is still unknown ...

Biographical DetailsS Schmidt graduated with a medical degree from the University of Rostock (Germany) in 1996 and received her pediatric training in Germany, Norway and Sweden. Already during this time she became interested in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease and bone mineral density. After residency, she worked as a pediatric gastroenterologist in the region of Gothenburg (Sweden) a...

The aim of the study is to determine whether there is an imbalance between bone formation and bone resorption in nonbacterial osteitis. The osteoclast inhibitor pamidronate has been successfully used in nonbacterial osteitis. It is assumed, that there is any mismatch in the pathophysiology of osteoblasts or osteoclasts. Until now, we have no known publications on bone metabolism in nonbacterial osteitis. We chose osteoprotegerin (OP) and alkaline phosphatase (AP) as markers of...