Skeletal development in premature infants: a review of bone physiology beyond nutritional aspects.
Bone development is usually seen as a process of bone mineral accretion or increase in bone mass, and treatment of bone disorders usually consists of attempts to maximise bone mass accumulation by nutritional means only. However, from a functional perspective, bones should not be as heavy as possible, but rather as stable as necessary. It is therefore important to create conditions that stimulate bones to become more stable.
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Children's Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. frauch@shriners.mcgill.ca
Schoenau
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D001846:Bone Development / Q000502:physiology*; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology*; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000175:diagnosis; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis