Application of DEXA in body composition assessment in children
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Alessandro Salvatoni Paolo Brambilla Manuela Deiana Luigi Nespoli
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 1998
Description
Clinical and research applications of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in childhood are reviewed. Originally used for bone mineralization assessment in adults with osteoporosis, total body dualenergy X-ray absorptiometry is now also used currently alone or combined with other techniques for assessment of fat mass and fat-free mass. Low invasiveness, accuracy, swiftness and availability of pediatric software make total-body dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry suitable for studying body composition in a wide variety of metabolic and nutritional disorders in childhood such as simple or genetic obesity, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, congenital hypothyroidism, celiac disease, asthma, growth hormone deficiency and cachexic states
Ann Diagn Paediatr Pathol (1998) 2 :49–51
