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A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health Bone Health Laboratory Assessments

A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health : Bone Health Laboratory Assessments [Ensuring optimal bone accrual and assessing bone health measures when concerns arise are important aspects of adolescent health care. This chapter reviews laboratory assessments which may be considered, including available normative data, which laboratory assessments are most useful in the initial evaluation of common disorders and concerns, and when a referral to an endocrinologist or other bone specialist should be considered.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health Bone Health Laboratory Assessments

Editors: Pitts, Sarah; Gordon, Catherine M.
Neyman, Anna; DiMeglio, Linda A.
A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health — Feb 10, 2018
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-72879-7
Pages
93 –109
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-72880-3_6
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Abstract

[Ensuring optimal bone accrual and assessing bone health measures when concerns arise are important aspects of adolescent health care. This chapter reviews laboratory assessments which may be considered, including available normative data, which laboratory assessments are most useful in the initial evaluation of common disorders and concerns, and when a referral to an endocrinologist or other bone specialist should be considered.]

Published: Feb 10, 2018

Keywords: Calcium; Phosphorus; Vitamin D; 25-hydroxyvitamin D; Alkaline phosphatase; Rickets

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