Phase angle and World Health Organization criteria for the assessment of nutritional status in children with osteogenesis imperfecta

• Main Authors: Vicky Nogueira Pileggi (Author), Antonio Rodolpho Hakime Scalize (Author), José Simon Camelo Junior (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: To compare the phase angle of patients with osteogenesis imperfecta treated at a tertiary university hospital with patients in a control group of healthy children, and to assess the nutritional status of these patients through the body mass index proposed by the World Health Orga...