Building , 3050 Parkville, VIC, Australia 3 P. J. Meunier Faculty Laennec, Claude Bernard University , Rue G Paradin, 69437 Lyon Cedex 03, France 4 J. Y. Reginster Unit Exploration du Mtabolisme Osseux , CHU
Dual energy X Ray absorptiometry (DXA) was used to measured the bone mineral content (BMC) and bona mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine in 29 premature newborns during the first year of life. Mean birth weight was 1290 ± 150 g, and mean gestational age was 30.4 ± 0.5 weeks. There were studied at day 40 ± 4, 59 ± 1,187 ± 2 et 365 ± 5 postnatal age. The data compared to...
