The effectiveness of serum cross-linked N-telopeptide (NTx) and amnioterminal procollagen extension propeptide (PINP) measurements for identifying osteoporosis in elderly women

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2015-03-09

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Berndt, David
Dunlap, Burton
Jarrard, William
Park, Jung
Schlafstein, Ashley
Venkatesan, Akhilesh

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Can screening for serum cross-linked N-telopeptide (NTx) and aminoterminal procollagen extension propeptide (PINP) identify decreased bone mineral density in elderly women effectively when compared with whole-body femoral neck and lumbar spine dual emission X-ray absorptiometry?

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Critically appraised topic completed as an assignment in Essentials of Clinical Medicine II

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Osteoporosis, Diagnosis

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http://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/346443

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