Disease or Syndrome
juvenile osteoporosis
ju·ve·nile os·te·o·po·ro·sis
Definitions related to juvenile osteoporosis:
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(pediatric osteoporosis) Osteoporosis of unknown etiology that presents in childhood.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(pediatric osteoporosis) The finding of one or more vertebral compression (crush) fractures in the absence of local disease or high-energy trauma or the presence of both a clinically significant fracture history and BMD Z-score less than or equal to -2.0. A clinically significant fracture history is one or more of the following: 1) two or more long bone fractures by age ten years; 2) three or more long bone fractures at any age up to age nineteen years. (from 2013 International Society for Clinical Densitometry definition of Osteoporosis-Pediatric)NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis) Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis (IJO) is a primary condition of bone demineralization that presents with pain in the back and extremities, walking difficulties, multiple fractures, and radiological evidence of osteoporosis.OrphaNetINSERM, 2021
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The World Health Organization (WHO) defines osteoporosis as a bone density (or bone mass) at least 2.5 standard deviations below peak bone mass (defined as the bone mass achieved by healthy adults aged 18-30 y).WebMD, 2019
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Juvenile osteoporosis is a condition of bone demineralization characterized by pain in the back and extremities, multiple fractures, difficulty walking, and evidence of osteoporosis. Symptoms typically develop just before puberty. Osteoporosis is rare in children and adolescents. When it does occur, it is usually caused by an underlying...National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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