Primary Recipient

CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

Amount

$100,000.00

Award Date

8/17/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Skeletal growth is characterized by gender-, maturation-, and race- specific increases in cortical dimensions and trabecular volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD). Children with Crohn disease (CD) have numerous risk factors for impaired bone accrual, inc