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- Title
The relation between bone mineral density, bone turnover markers, and vitamin D status in ankylosing spondylitis patients with active disease: a cross-sectional analysis.
- Authors
Arends, S; Spoorenberg, A; Bruyn, G A W; Houtman, P M; Leijsma, M K; Kallenberg, C G M; Brouwer, E; van der Veer, E
- Abstract
Osteoporosis is a well recognized complication of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). This study indicates that increased bone turnover, inflammation, and low vitamin D levels are important in the pathophysiology of AS-related osteoporosis, and that bone turnover markers (BTM) are valuable markers to detect bone loss in AS.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2011, Vol 22, Issue 5, p1431
- ISSN
1433-2965
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-010-1338-7