Biomed. Papers 145(2), 75-76 (2001) | DOI: 10.5507/bp.2001.016

OSTEOPROTEGERIN AND BONE DENSITY

David Stejskala, Martin Zurekb, Josef Bartekc, Libor Jedelskýa, Viktor Růžičkaa
a Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital Šternberk, Czech Republic, Jívavská 20, 785 16
b Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Šternberk, Czech Republic, Jívavská 20, 785 16
c Institute of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University, Olomouc

Aim of study was determine if a correlation exists between bone mass density and concentration of osteoprotegerin.We examined the group of 199 patients of mean age of 63 years. Of the group under study, 31 patients hadnormal bone density (T score >–1 and

Keywords: Osteoprotegerin, Bone density, Osteoporosis

Received: January 10, 2002; Published: December 1, 2001  Show citation

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Stejskal, D., Zurek, M., Bartek, J., Jedelský, L., & Růžička, V. (2001). OSTEOPROTEGERIN AND BONE DENSITY. Biomedical papers145(2), 75-76. doi: 10.5507/bp.2001.016
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