Osteocalcin and serum insulin-like growth factor-1 as biochemical skeletal maturity indicators

Osteocalcin and serum insulin-like growth factor-1 as biochemical skeletal maturity indicators

Abstract Background With change in concepts of growth determination methods, there is a surge in the measurement of biomarkers for appraisal of growth status. Osteocalcin is a bone-specific protein and was observed to parallel the normal growth curve. Hence, the present study was intended to assess...

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Main Authors: Tulika Tripathi, Prateek Gupta, Priyank Rai, Jitender Sharma, Vinod Kumar Gupta, Navneet Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-10-01
Series:Progress in Orthodontics
Subjects:
Osteocalcin
IGF-1
Biochemical markers
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40510-017-0184-y

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