(en) DEAR EDITOR, Regional osteopenia is a non-specific bone change during which bone remodeling is focally and transiently stimulated in response to immobilization or insult. Patchy or linear bone resorption in the subcortical and physeal areas can be seen on computed tomography (CT) [...].
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