Phalangeal Quantitative Ultrasound in Children with Phenylketonuria: A Pilot Study

Allen, 1994, Decreased bone mineral density in children with phenylketonuria, Am J Clin Nutr, 59, 419, 10.1093/ajcn/59.2.419 Al-Qadreh, 1998, Bone mineral status in children with phenylketonuria under treatment, Acta Paediatr, 87, 1162, 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1998.tb00924.x Barat, 2002, The impact of the control of serum phenylalanine levels on osteopenia in patients with phenylketonuria, Eur J Pediatr, 161, 687, 10.1007/s00431-002-1091-9 Barkmann, 2000, Assessment of the geometry of human finger phalanges using quantitative ultrasound in vivo, Osteoporos Int, 11, 745, 10.1007/s001980070053 Baroncelli, 2003, Assessment of bone quality by quantitative ultrasound of proximal phalanges of the hand and fracture rate in children and adolescents with bone and mineral disorders, Pediatr Res, 54, 125, 10.1203/01.PDR.0000069845.27657.EB Baroncelli, 2006, Cross-sectional reference data for phalangeal quantitative ultrasound from early childhood to young-adulthood according to gender, age, skeletal growth, and pubertal development, Bone, 39, 159, 10.1016/j.bone.2005.12.010 Cacciari, 2006, Italian cross-sectional growth charts for height, weight and BMI (2 to 20 yr), J Endocrinol Invest, 29, 581, 10.1007/BF03344156 Dalle Carbonare, 2004, Bone microarchitecture as an important determinant of bone strength, J Endocrinol Invest, 27, 99, 10.1007/BF03350919 De Terlizzi, 2000, Influence of bone tissue density and elasticity on ultrasound propagation: An in vitro study, J Bone Miner Res, 15, 2458, 10.1359/jbmr.2000.15.12.2458 Greeves, 1997, Fractures and phenylketonuria, Acta Paediatr, 86, 242, 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb08882.x Hillman, 1996, Decreased bone mineralization in children with phenylketonuria under treatment, Eur J Pediatr, 155, S148, 10.1007/PL00014234 Landin, 1983, Fracture patterns in children, Acta Orthop Scand Suppl, 202, 1 MacDonald, 2006, Protein substitute dosage in PKU: How much do young patients need?, Arch Dis Child, 91, 588, 10.1136/adc.2005.084285 McMurry, 1992, Bone mineral status in children with phenylketonuria—Relationship to nutritional intake and phenylalanine control, Am J Clin Nutr, 55, 997, 10.1093/ajcn/55.5.997 Montagnani, 2002, Graphic trace analysis of ultrasound at the phalanges may differentiate between subjects with primary hyperparathyroidism and with osteoporosis: A pilot study, Osteoporos Int, 13, 222, 10.1007/s001980200018 Montagnani, 2000, Quantitative ultrasound at the phalanges in healthy Italian men, Osteoporos Int, 11, 499, 10.1007/s001980070092 Mussa, 2007, Bone alterations in children and young adults with renal transplant assessed by phalangeal quantitative ultrasound, Am J Kidney Dis, 50, 441, 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.06.002 Njeh, 1999 Sakata, 2004, Assessing bone status beyond BMD: Evaluation of bone geometry and porosity by quantitative ultrasound of human finger phalanges, J Bone Miner Res, 19, 924, 10.1359/JBMR.040131 Schwahn, 1998, Decreased trabecular bone mineral density in patients with phenylketonuria measured by peripheral quantitative computed tomography, Acta Paediatr, 87, 61, 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1998.tb01387.x Scriver, 2001, Hyperphenylalaninemia: Phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency, 1667 Yannicelli, 2002, Elevated plasma phenylalanine concentrations may adversely affect bone status of phenylketonuric mice, J Inherit Metab Dis, 25, 347, 10.1023/A:1020191515173 Wuster, 2000, Phalangeal osteosonogrammetry study: Age-related changes, diagnostic sensitivity, and discrimination power, J Bone Miner Res, 15, 1603, 10.1359/jbmr.2000.15.8.1603