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Low bone turnover phenotype in Rett syndrome: results of biochemical bone marker analysis.
Pediatric research - 1 Apr 2014
Roende Gitte, Petersen Janne, Ravn Kirstine, Fuglsang Kathrine, Andersen Henrik, Nielsen Jytte B, Brøndum-Nielsen Karen, Jensen Jens-Erik B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with Rett syndrome (RTT) are at risk of having low bone mass and low-energy fractures. METHODS: We characterized bone metabolism by both bone formation and resorption markers in blood in a RTT population of 61 girls and women and 122 well-matched healthy controls. Levels of N-terminal propeptides of collagen type 1 (P1NP), C-terminal telopeptide cross links (CTX), osteocalcin (OC), and...
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