Bone health in children and adolescents with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome assessed by DXA and QUS
2014
Background
The management of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) requires treatment with high-dose glucocorticoids (GCs), but GC usage causes the most frequent form of drug-induced osteoporosis. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of GCs on bone mineralization in patients with SSNS using two diagnostic tools, dual-energy X-ray densitometry (DXA) and quantitative ultrasound (QUS), and to compare the diagnostic efficacy of these two imaging tools.
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