Screening of Serum Alkaline Phosphatase and Phosphate Helps Early Detection of Metabolic Bone Disease in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

• Main Authors: Hui Zhang (Author), Qiong Jia (Author), Meihua Piao (Author), Yanmei Chang (Author), Jinghui Zhang (Author), Xiaomei Tong (Author), Tongyan Han (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Extremely low birth weight (ELBW, <1,000 g) infants have a high risk of metabolic bone disease (MBD). Because of the late appearance of radiological signs, diagnosis of MBD in ELBW infants might be delayed, and its prevalence underestimated in this group of patients. This study adopte...