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Decreased bone ultrasound velocity in large-for-gestational-age infants.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  14726933     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Bone speed of sound is a measure of bone breakability. There are few reports on bone mineral content in large for gestational age infants; most of them in infants of diabetic mothers. There are no data on bone speed of sound in large for gestational age infants of nondiabetic mothers. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that large for gestational age infants of nondiabetic mothers have lower bone speed of sound than appropriate for gestational age infants. DESIGN/METHODS: Bone speed of sound was measured within the first 96 hours of life at the right tibial midshaft in 25 singleton large for gestational age infants of non diabetic mothers and compared to appropriate for gestational age controls. RESULTS: Bone speed of sound measured in large for gestational age infants of nondiabetic mothers was lower than in controls. CONCLUSIONS: Large for gestational age infants of nondiabetic mothers have lower bone speed of sound than controls.
Authors:
Yoav Littner; Dror Mandel; Francis B Mimouni; Shaul Dollberg
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association     Volume:  24     ISSN:  0743-8346     ISO Abbreviation:  J Perinatol     Publication Date:  2004 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-01-16     Completed Date:  2004-05-11     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8501884     Medline TA:  J Perinatol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  21-3     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neonatology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Birth Weight*
Bone Density / physiology
Bone and Bones / embryology,  ultrasonography
Case-Control Studies
Confidence Intervals
Female
Fetal Macrosomia / ultrasonography*
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pregnancy
Probability
Reference Values
Sampling Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tibia / ultrasonography*
Ultrasonography, Prenatal / methods

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