RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Skeletal development in premature infants: a review of bone physiology beyond nutritional aspects
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F82
OP F85
DO 10.1136/fn.86.2.F82
VO 86
IS 2
A1 F Rauch
A1 E Schoenau
YR 2002
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/86/2/F82.abstract
AB Bone development is usually seen as a process of bone mineral accretion or increase in bone mass, and treatment of bone disorders usually consists of attempts to maximise bone mass accumulation by nutritional means only. However, from a functional perspective, bones should not be as heavy as possible, but rather as stable as necessary. It is therefore important to create conditions that stimulate bones to become more stable.