[Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis].
Four cases (3 males and 1 female) of idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis, a rare form of bone demineralization, are described. The pathogenesis is unknown. The males showed osteoporosis at X-ray while in the female osteoporosis was only identified by computerized bone densitometry. The age of onset of the disease is perpuberal, but in one case it appeared in a small child. Biochemical data were in the normal range, only 1.25 (OH) 2D was reduced in two patients.
Istituto di Radiologia, Università, Pisa.
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G
Perri
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Calderazzi
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Grassi
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Saggese
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Bertelloni
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GI
Baroncelli
D000367:Age Factors; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003720:Densitometry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D011859:Radiography; D012737:Sex Factors; D012984:Software
D008903:Minerals
L'osteoporosi idiopatica giovanile.