Bone Abstracts

Objectives: There are conflicting data on the skeletal health of patients with perinatal HIV. We aimed to evaluate the bone profile of a paediatric population followed in a reference centre for perinatal HIV.Methods: The following data were recorded: dietary calcium intake, extra-curricular exercise, fracture history, medications and comorbidities. All patients were assessed for growth and skeletal deformities. They underwent laboratory tests:CD4 count, ...

Objectives: There are many factors leading to poor bone health and imbalanced body composition in bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients. We aimed to report our patients’ profile and to correlate it with clinical parameters.Methods: Cross-sectional study of paediatric BMT patients. Assessment of growth (height, weight, BMI) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) for evaluation of bone mineral density (BMD) and geometry, muscle and fat mass. All...