<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Head, Andrew J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Myers, Linda K</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Watsky, Mitchell A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Greenwell, Mark W</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Barrow, Karen D</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Michelson, Jean A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carbone, Laura D</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bone mineral density and turnover in non-corticosteroid treated African American children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Journal of Rheumatology</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006-05-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1001-1003</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OBJECTIVE: To determine bone mineral content (BMC), bone mineral density (BMD), Z scores, and markers of bone turnover in African American children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). METHODS: Eight children with JRA with no prior exposure to corticosteroids were evaluated. Lumbar spine (L1-L4) and total body and total hip BMC and BMD were determined using dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and Z scores (BMD) were calculated. Serum samples of markers of bone turnover including pyridinoline (PYR), N-terminal propeptide of type I procollagen (P1NP), osteocalcin (OC), and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BSAP) were measured. RESULTS: The mean Z score (BMD) at the lumbar spine (L1-L4) in patients with JRA was -1.2+/-0.8. Z scores for total body and total hip were within 1 standard deviation of normal compared with healthy historical controls matched for age, sex, and race. CONCLUSION: BMD was normal for chronological age (defined as Z score &gt;or= 2.0) in African American children with JRA who had not previously been treated with corticosteroids. Further studies are needed on the effects of JRA on skeletal health in African American children.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>