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Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities Volume 19, 1994 - Issue 4: Developmental Disability Medicine
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Original Article

Osteoporosis in groups with intellectual disability

J.R. Center Department of Endocrinology
,
A. McElduff Department of Endocrinology
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H. Beange Health Promotion Unit for the Developmentally Disabled, Royal North Shore Hospital
Pages 251-258 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

We have measured the lumbar bone mineral density in a selected group of 53 people with intellectual impairment and found them to be significantly osteoporotic. In this study, small height and, for women only, hypogonadism were associated with lower bone mineral density measurements.

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