Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 123-130 , January 2009

Longitudinal Assessment of Bone Density and Structure in an Incident Cohort of Children With Crohn's Disease

  • Sarah E. Dubner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Justine Shults

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Robert N. Baldassano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Babette S. Zemel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Meena Thayu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Jon M. Burnham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Rita M. Herskovitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Krista M. Howard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Mary B. Leonard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Mary B. Leonard, MD, MSCE, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Blvd, CHOP North, Room 1564, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104. fax: (215) 590-0604

Received 4 July 2008 ,Accepted 25 September 2008.

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 The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Center for Research Resources or the National Institutes of Health.

 The authors disclose the following: Supported by grants R01-DK060030 and K24-DK076808 as well as grant number UL1-RR-024134 from the National Center for Research Resources.

PII: S0016-5085(08)01873-8

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.09.072

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Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 123-130 , January 2009

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