Trabecular Bone Score in Assessing Bone Mineralization Status in Children with End- Stage Renal Disease: A Promising Tool.

Nanees Abdel-Badie Salem Ashraf Bakr Riham Eid

Published in: European journal of pediatrics (2023)

• TBS is significantly reduced in children on maintenance HD and associated with increased fracture incidence. • TBS has shown to be a promising tool in assessing bone quality (trabecular microarchitecture) in children with CKD being not size-dependent as is a-BMD.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
young adults
postmenopausal women
soft tissue
risk factors