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Alkaline Phosphatase: Why It Might Be Low
Related: Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Testing ... may require more aggressive treatment such as a bone marrow transplant. Low ALP has been associated with poor prognosis in people with certain ...
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Young men with late puberty have healthier fat-to-muscle ratios
Later puberty in young men is linked to lower bone volume and lean mass, but a healthier body composition. Earlier puberty ...
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Hard evidence of soft teeth: The oral symptoms of hypophosphatasia
People with hypophosphatasia have variants in the gene responsible for making tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase, which is important for bone mineralization. Although this generally leads to ...
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Eating More Eggs Might Help Protect Against Osteoporosis, Research Shows
“Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is a group of enzymes mainly existing in the liver, bones, kidneys, etc., which is a biomarker of ...
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Innovative study highlights BMP9 and Shh as key drivers of bone repair
∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; BMP9, bone morphogenetic protein 9; MSCs, mesenchymal stem cells; Shh, Sonic Hedgehog. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) directly affect ...
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Serum TRACP5b might be a good marker for bone resorption in chronic kidney disease
two bone formation markers (bone-specific alkaline phosphatase and intact osteocalcin) and two bone resorption markers (TRACP5b and N-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I collagen [NTX]).