title: [Dual photon absorptiometry in full-term newborns].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is scanty information about bone mineral density in newborns. Normal values are needed to assess the effects of diseases and drugs used during the neonatal period.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess bone mineral density in normal newborns.
  
  
  METHODS
  Total body bone mineral density was measured in 16 newborns with 39 +/- 1.2 weeks of gestational age, using a Norland dual photon densitometer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean weight of newborns was 3.366 +/- 325 g. Bone mineral content was 58.3 +/- 10.8 g and bone mineral density was 0.369 +/- 9.6 g/cm2.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The availability of normal bone mineral content values in newborns will be useful for the assessment of conditions that affect bone mineralisation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hübner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lillo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fernández
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000592:standards*; D015519:Bone Density; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012015:Reference Standards
vernacular_title: Densitometría bifotónica en recién nacidos de término.