Bone mineral content reduction in youth with surgical form of Schistosomiasis mansoni: factors involved in the pathogenesis

Bone mineral content reduction in youth with surgical form of Schistosomiasis mansoni: factors involved in the pathogenesis

Thirty two children and adolescents from 14 to 20 years of age, suffering from hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni and bleeding esophageal varicose veins, were evaluated for bone mineral density (BMD), before undergoing medical and surgical treatment. The surgical protocol was splenectomy, autoimp...

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Main Authors: Brandt Carlos Teixeira, Souza Antônio Marcelo Gonçalves de, Braga Maria Virgínia da Motta, Melo Karina Leal Reis de, Marques Karina de Oliveira Andrade, Sena Andréa Dantas, Almeida Fernando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2001-01-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
Subjects:
Schistosomiasis mansoni
Symmers´ fibrosis
Hystomorphometry
Hepatic functional reserve
Magnesium status
Bone mineral density
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