Bone Abstracts

Background: In patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a rise in age-specific total body and regional bone mass is well recognised. In contrast changes in body size-adjusted bone mass in relation to changes in body composition following pamidronate therapy remain relatively unexplored.Methods: Changes in total and regional bone mass in relation to body composition in children with OI receiving pamidronate (3 mg/kg per day over 3 days, 3 monthly) were...