| Literature DB >> 17606458 |
Veselina Goranova-Marinova1, Stefan Goranov, Pavel Pavlov, Todorka Tzvetkova.
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Serum levels of OPG and RANKL and their clinical correlations were analyzed in 66 newly-diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma (MM). RANKL and RANKL /OPG ratio were significantly increased in advanced clinical stages and high grade myeloma bone disease (MBD), while OPG showed a tendency to decrease. Renal failure modified the expression of OPG. RANKL and RANKL/OPG ratios are informative markers for myeloma tumor burden and MBD.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17606458 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.10943
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Haematologica ISSN: 0390-6078 Impact factor: 9.941