Journal of Pediatric Neurological Disorders

Leading Journals On Pediatric Osteology

Despite the limitations inherent in a multiauthored, nonedited text, the interested reader can begin to learn the elements of concern for the pediatric osteologist. We must deal with the normal processes of bone development, including an understanding of disturbances of both membranous and endochondral bone, which of course then involve defects in normal cartilage development as well. The Introduction of this volume is a tutorial on this process from Professor Frost. It requires much rereading for clarity and significance, but the effort is rewarded highly to those so motivated. It is fair to say that the simple majority of known bone diseases occur in children, while the more common disorders of osteoporosis and Paget's disease are expressed most often in adulthood. The too brief section titled “Molecular Biology in Bone Diseases” will be much awaited in future conferences and volumes in order to allow the clinician the exciting progress made in bringing the gene to the bedside of our patients with bone diseases. We are faced with a lack of knowledge about how to best quantify bone mass in children and adolescents, and the section “Bone Densitometry: Methods and Normative Data” begins to address this difficult area of clinical investigation and care.

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