Osteopenia in Children Who Have Undergone Posterior Fossa or Craniospinal Irradiation for Brain Tumors | Zendy

Preetha Krishnamoorthy | Zendy; Carolyn Freeman | Zendy; Mark L. Bernstein | Zendy; Sarah Lawrence | Zendy; Celia Rodd | Zendy

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Osteopenia in Children Who Have Undergone Posterior Fossa or Craniospinal Irradiation for Brain Tumors

Author(s) -

Preetha Krishnamoorthy,

Carolyn Freeman,

Mark L. Bernstein,

Sarah Lawrence,

Celia Rodd

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3628

pISSN - 1072-4710

DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.158.5.491

Subject(s) - medicine , medulloblastoma , bone mineral , osteopenia , ependymoma , radiation therapy , nuclear medicine , posterior cranial fossa , surgery , osteoporosis , cancer research

To determine lumbar spine and total body bone mineral density (BMD) in pediatric patients who have undergone cranial or craniospinal irradiation for posterior fossa tumors, specifically medulloblastoma and ependymoma and to analyze the association between degree of osteopenia and factors that may affect BMD.

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