Sf. Dellert et al., BONE-MINERAL CONTENT IN CHILDREN WITH SHORT-BOWEL SYNDROME AFTER DISCONTINUATION OF PARENTERAL-NUTRITION, The Journal of pediatrics, 132(3), 1998, pp. 516-519
To determine whether children with short bowel syndrome had evidence o
f metabolic bone disease, total body bone mineral content was measured
by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in 18 patients and 36 age-, sex-,
and race-matched control subjects. Children with short bowel syndrome
had decreased bone mineral content compared with control subjects; ho
wever, it was not significant when adjusted for differences in weight
and height. Whether these children will have normal bone accretion thr
oughout puberty is not known.