CASE-REPORT - EFFECT OF PREGNANCY ON IDIOPATHIC JUVENILE OSTEOPOROSIS

Authors
KOO WWK CHESNEY RW MITCHELL N
Citation
Wwk. Koo et al., CASE-REPORT - EFFECT OF PREGNANCY ON IDIOPATHIC JUVENILE OSTEOPOROSIS, The American journal of the medical sciences, 309(4), 1995, pp. 223-225
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
The American journal of the medical sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029629
Volume
309
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
223 - 225
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9629(1995)309:4<223:C-EOPO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Adolescence and pregnancy are periods with increased calcium requireme nt. Therefore, patients with underlying bone disease are at risk for f urther bone demineralization during these periods. In this article, th e authors report on the treatment during pregnancy of an adolescent wi th idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis that resulted in a favorable outco me of maternal and fetal skeleton.