The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 4 , Pages 484-490.e2, October 2008

Interpretation of Biomarkers of Bone Metabolism in Children: Impact of Growth Velocity and Body Size in Healthy Children and Chronic Disease

  • Shamir Tuchman, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Shamir Tuchman MD, MPH, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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  • Meena Thayu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Justine Shults, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Babette S. Zemel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Jon M. Burnham, MD, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Mary B. Leonard, MD, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Received 7 November 2007; received in revised form 3 March 2008; accepted 7 April 2008. published online 16 June 2008.

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 Supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (R01 DK60030) and the Clinical and Translational Research Center (UL1-RR024134) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00304-1

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.04.028

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