Establishing Reference Intervals for Bone Turnover Markers in the Healthy Shanghai Population and the Relationship with Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women

The reference ranges of bone turnover markers (BTMs) were important during the treatment of osteoporosis, and the associations with bone mineral density (BMD) were controversial. The aim of this study was to establish the reference ranges of N-terminal procollagen of type l collagen (P1NP), osteocal...

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Main Authors: Wei-Wei Hu, Zeng Zhang, Jin-Wei He, Wen-Zhen Fu, Chun Wang, Hao Zhang, Hua Yue, Jie-Mei Gu, Zhen-Lin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Endocrinology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/513925