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SUBMITTER: Rangarajan R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233152 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rangarajan Ravi R Mondal Surajit S Thankachan Prashanth P Chakrabarti Ramananda R Kurpad Anura V AV
Scientific reports 20181113 1
Osteoporosis is a chronic disease of public health importance, particularly in low and middle income countries. Measuring the bone mineral balance (BMB) in a non-invasive manner, and its response to different interventions, is critical to the definition of optimal strategies for its prevention and management. In this study, we demonstrate the usefulness of natural variability in calcium isotopes (δ<sup>44/40</sup>Ca) of urine and the derived BMB estimates as a biomarker of bone health and its re ...[more]