AIM: The study of duodenal morphology in children and adolescents with skeletal deformity.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Clinical, hormonal examinations, x-ray investigation of the skeleton with spinal NMR-tomography, gastroduodenoscopy with target biopsy were performed in 41 patients aged 7 to 18 on after treatment for broken spine.
RESULTS: Atrophic duodenitis found in most of the patients presented without dyspepsia, with symptoms of duodenitis in 8 patients, osteoporosis in 36% of patients. NMR-tomography rejected compression-broken spine in 22 patients.
CONCLUSION: Disturbed absorption of calcium and atrophic alterations in the duodenal mucosa are thought responsible for disturbance of calcium metabolism and formation of bone tissue.
| Translated title of the contribution | The morphofunctional characteristics of the duodenum in an osteopenic syndrome in children and adolescents |
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| Original language | Russian |
| Pages (from-to) | 40-4 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Terapevticheskii Arkhiv |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 1999 |
ID: 87961725