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Overview

Frank Rauch is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a substantial body of research primarily focused on connective tissue disorders and bone health. Their work spans the disciplines of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in several subfields including Genetics, Epidemiology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Rheumatology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research concentrates on topics such as:

  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Bone fractures and treatments
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Bone and Dental Protein Studies
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Hip disorders and treatments

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Frank Rauch include Tracy Hart, Oliver Semler, Francis H. Glorieux, Leanne M. Ward, and Cathleen Raggio, with joint publications ranging from 17 to 20 studies each.

Their research has been published extensively in several journals, with repeated contributions to the following venues:

  • Bone
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Value in Health
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Bone Reports

Recent papers demonstrate a focus on osteogenesis imperfecta and related bone diseases, including:

  • Burosumab for the Treatment of Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia (2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research)
  • A standard set of outcome measures for the comprehensive assessment of osteogenesis imperfecta (2021, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases)
  • The patient clinical journey and socioeconomic impact of osteogenesis imperfecta: a systematic scoping review (2023, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases)
  • Bone Disease in Patients with Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (2020, Current Osteoporosis Reports)
  • The IMPACT survey: a mixed methods study to understand the experience of children, adolescents and adults with osteogenesis imperfecta and their caregivers (2024, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases)

Best Publications

  • Loss of DMP1 causes rickets and osteomalacia and identifies a role for osteocytes in mineral metabolism

    Jian Q Feng;Leanne M Ward;Shiguang Liu;Yongbo Lu

  • Official Positions of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry and Executive Summary of the 2007 ISCD Pediatric Position Development Conference

    Sanford Baim;Mary B. Leonard;Maria Luisa Bianchi;Didier B. Hans

  • International Society for Clinical Densitometry 2007 Adult and Pediatric Official Positions

    E. Michael Lewiecki;Catherine M. Gordon;Sanford Baim;Mary B. Leonard

  • Type V osteogenesis imperfecta: a new form of brittle bone disease.

    Francis H. Glorieux;Francis H. Glorieux;Frank Rauch;Horacio Plotkin;Leanne Ward

  • CRTAP is required for prolyl 3- hydroxylation and mutations cause recessive osteogenesis imperfecta.

    Roy Morello;Terry K. Bertin;Yuqing Chen;Yuqing Chen;John Hicks

  • Osteogenesis imperfecta type VI: a form of brittle bone disease with a mineralization defect.

    Francis H. Glorieux;Francis H. Glorieux;Leanne M. Ward;Frank Rauch;Frank Rauch;Ljiljana Lalic

  • The 'muscle-bone unit' during the pubertal growth spurt

    Frank Rauch;Donald A Bailey;Donald A Bailey;Adam Baxter-Jones;Robert Mirwald

  • Pamidronate treatment of severe osteogenesis imperfecta in children under 3 years of age.

    Horacio Plotkin;Frank Rauch;Nicholas J. Bishop;Kathleen Montpetit

  • Static and dynamic bone histomorphometry in children with osteogenesis imperfecta.

    F Rauch;R Travers;A.M Parfitt;F.H Glorieux

  • Reporting whole-body vibration intervention studies: recommendations of the International Society of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions.

    Frank Rauch;Harrir Sievänen;Steven Boonen;Marco Cardinale

  • Bone mineral content per muscle cross-sectional area as an index of the functional muscle-bone unit.

    Eckhard Schoenau;Christina Maria Neu;Bodo Beck;Friedrich Manz

  • The effects of intravenous pamidronate on the bone tissue of children and adolescents with osteogenesis imperfecta.

    Frank Rauch;Rose Travers;Horacio Plotkin;Francis H. Glorieux

  • The developing bone: slave or master of its cells and molecules?

    Frank Rauch;Eckhard Schoenau

  • The Development of Bone Strength at the Proximal Radius during Childhood and Adolescence

    E. Schoenau;C. M. Neu;F. Rauch;F. Manz

  • Osteogenesis imperfecta type VII: an autosomal recessive form of brittle bone disease.

    L.M Ward;F Rauch;F Rauch;R Travers;G Chabot

  • Normative data for iliac bone histomorphometry in growing children.

    F.H Glorieux;R Travers;A Taylor;J.R Bowen

  • Changes in bone density during childhood and adolescence: an approach based on bone's biological organization.

    Frank Rauch;Eckhard Schoenau

  • Structural and cellular changes during bone growth in healthy children

    A.M. Parfitt;R. Travers;F. Rauch;F.H. Glorieux

  • Delayed Osteotomy but Not Fracture Healing in Pediatric Osteogenesis Imperfecta Patients Receiving Pamidronate

    Craig F. J. Munns;Frank Rauch;Leonid Zeitlin;Leonid Zeitlin;Francois Fassier

  • Bone densities and bone size at the distal radius in healthy children and adolescents: a study using peripheral quantitative computed tomography.

    C.M Neu;F Manz;F Rauch;A Merkel

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis H. Glorieux
Francis H. Glorieux McGill University
Klaus Klaushofer
Klaus Klaushofer University of Vienna
Brendan Lee
Brendan Lee Baylor College of Medicine
Peter J. Roughley
Peter J. Roughley McGill University
V. Reid Sutton
V. Reid Sutton Baylor College of Medicine
Jeffrey P. Krischer
Jeffrey P. Krischer University of South Florida
Peter H. Byers
Peter H. Byers University of Washington
Jacek Majewski
Jacek Majewski McGill University
Peter Fratzl
Peter Fratzl Max Planck Society
Mary B. Leonard
Mary B. Leonard Stanford University

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