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Pediatric patients with epilepsy have reduced BMD

With more pronounced reductions in males

1:08 | Feb 26, 2008 | Family Medicine, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Orthopedics

This video discusses a cross-sectional study examining age and gender-specific z-score total bone mineral density (z-BMD) in 108 ambulatory children with epilepsy between 6 and 18 years of age.

References and Resources
Raj D. Sheth, Neil Binkley, Bruce P. Hermann. Gender Differences in Bone Mineral Density in Epilepsy. 2008. Epilepsia 49 (1), 125–131.

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