@article{5a99d5b2b0364edc9f0e8f44c18ec5f4,
title = "Bone Quality Measured Using Calcaneal Quantitative Ultrasonography Is Reduced Among Children with HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa",
abstract = "We evaluated bone quality among South African children with HIV over a 2-year period by quantitative ultrasound (QUS). Children with HIV have persistently lower bone quality compared with controls reflecting increased porosity, reduced strength, and possibly an increased short- and long-term risk of fracture.",
author = "Arpadi, {Stephen M.} and Thurman, {Cara B.} and Faeezah Patel and Kaufman, {Jonathan J.} and Renate Strehlau and Megan Burke and Stephanie Shiau and Ashraf Coovadia and Yin, {Michael T.}",
note = "Funding Information: Funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD 073977 [to S.A. and M.Y.]). The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2019",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.07.018",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "215",
pages = "267--271.e2",
journal = "Journal of Pediatrics",
issn = "0022-3476",
publisher = "Mosby Inc.",
}