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Samuel D Vasikaran1, Sa Paul Chubb2, Peter R Ebeling3, Nicole Jenkins4, Graham Rd Jones5, Mark A Kotowicz6, Howard A Morris7, Hans-Gerhard Schneider8, Markus J Seibel9, Greg Ward10.
Abstract
Bone turnover markers (BTMs) are classified as either formation or resorption markers. Their concentrations in blood or urine of adults are considered to reflect the rate of bone remodelling and may be of use in the management of patients with bone disease. Major inter-method differences exist for BTMs, and harmonisation of methods is currently being pursued at an international level. Based on published data, this article describes age- and sex-specific Australian consensus reference intervals for adults for serum procollagen type I amino-terminal propeptide (s-PINP) and serum β-isomerised carboxy-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I collagen (s-CTX).Entities:
Year: 2014 PMID: 25678728 PMCID: PMC4310062
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Biochem Rev ISSN: 0159-8090