Serum bone GLA-protein is not a sensitive marker of bone turnover in Paget's disease of bone |
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Authors: | Dr P D Delmas B Demiaux L Malaval M C Chapuy P J Meunier |
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Institution: | 1. INSERM Unit 234 and Clinique de Rhumatologie, H?pital E. Herriot, Lyon, France
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Abstract: | Summary Serum bone Gla-protein (sBGP) was measured in 32 patients with untreated Paget's disease of bone. Despite clinical and biological
symptoms of active disease in all patients, sBGP was normal in 13/32 patients (41%). There was a striking discrepancy between
the moderate increase of sBGP above normal values (11.4±4.5 vs 6.0±2.1 ng/ml) and the marked increase of both serum alkaline
phosphatase (sAP) and urinary hydroxyproline (uOHP). sBGP was weakly correlated with sAP (r=0.50, p<0.01), uOHP (r=0.48, p<0.01)
and with the extension of the disease (r=0.48, p<0.01), We conclude that sBGP is not a sensitive marker of bone turnover in
patients with Paget's disease of bone, and should be interpreted with caution in this condition. |
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Keywords: | Paget's disease of bone Bone turnover Gamma carboxyglutamic acid Bone proteins |
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