Objective: To identify complications amenable to prevention in adults with glycogen storage
disease (GSD) types Ia, Ib, and III and to determine the effect of the disease on social factors …

Review of type and bilaterality of 131 cases (40 bilateral) of slipped capital femoral
epiphysis (SCFE) in patients with known endocrinopathies (hypothyroidism …

Background. The prevalence of osteoporosis and the incidence of vertebral fractures are
lower in black women than in white women, findings generally attributed to racial differences …

Background Bone mass is under strong genetic control, and recent studies in adults have
suggested that allelic differences in the gene for the vitamin D receptor may account for …

We explored a diverse sample of family medicine patients' use of the internet for health
information. Primary objectives were to determine the extent of access to the Internet, and …

PURPOSE: To determine if vertebral bone densities or vertebral body sizes contribute to
gender differences in vertebral bone mass in adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS …

To determine the effect of sex hormones on bone density (BD) during growth, longitudinal
quantitative computed tomography (QCT) measurements were obtained in growing …

Recent observations suggest that throughout life the size of the vertebral bodies in females
is smaller than that in males even after accounting for differences in body size. To confirm …

The amount of bone that is gained during adolescence is the main contributor to peak bone
mass, which, in turn, is a major determinant of osteoporosis and fracture risk in the elderly …

PURPOSE: To determine whether differences in vertebral bone densities or sizes account
for gender differences in skeletal mass during growth. MATERIALS AND METHODS …