• The plasma concentration of calcium, phosphate, and magnesium is dependent on the net
balance of bone mineral deposition and resorption, intestinal absorption, and renal …

Calcium and inorganic phosphate are of critical importance for many body functions, thus
the regulations of their plasma concentrations are tightly controlled by the concerted actions …

In metabolic bone diseases other than osteoporosis (Paget disease, rickets and
osteomalacia, primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism), biochemical markers of bone …

Classical clinical calcium endocrinology was built on measurements of serum Ca, P and
alkaline phosphatase as well as urinary Ca. Serum Ca, the most strictly maintained …

The interest in and the need for effective measures to be used in the screening, diagnosis,
and follow-up of disorders of connective tissue, bone, and mineral metabolism has markedly …

Changes of bone remodeling markers reflect bone growth and bone turnover. Information on
bone metabolism can be attained by blood and urine laboratory tests. Recently developed …

Since bone markers may reflect different aspects of bone disorders and cell function, and
osteolytic and osteoblastic activities may be individually or concomitantly altered …

The monitoring of organ function by the measurement of tissue-specific biochemical
products in body fluids is a well established principle in clinical biochemistry. In the case of …

Population ageing is a worldwide phenomenon. For the past 80 years or so, mean life
expectancy has increased constantly in almost all of the world's countries. My daughters …

The various conventional and newly discovered biochemical markers of bone formation,
such as serum alkaline phosphatase and bone GLA-protein (osteocalcin), and of bone …