Clinical usefulness of bone turnover marker concentrations in osteoporosis
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - 15:01
in Health & Medicine
A new review finds lack of comparability between current clinical assays for CTX is evident, indicating possible limitations of combining such data for meta-analyses; to improve interpretation of patient results harmonization of units for reporting serum/plasma CTX (ng/L) and PINP Further study of the relationships between clinical assays for CTX and PINP and physiological and pre-analytical factors contributing to variability in BTM concentrations is required.
