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SUBMITTER: Martinez-Aguilar MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6950314 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martínez-Aguilar Mayeli M MM Aparicio-Bautista Diana I DI Ramírez-Salazar Eric G EG Reyes-Grajeda Juan P JP De la Cruz-Montoya Aldo H AH Antuna-Puente Bárbara B Hidalgo-Bravo Alberto A Rivera-Paredez Berenice B Ramírez-Palacios Paula P Quiterio Manuel M Valdés-Flores Margarita M Salmerón Jorge J Velázquez-Cruz Rafael R
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Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease mainly affecting women over 50 years old and it represents a serious public health problem because of the high socioeconomic burden. This disease is characterized by deterioration of bone microarchitecture, low bone mineral density (BMD), and increased risk of fragility fractures. This study aimed to identify serum useful proteins as biomarkers for the diagnosis and/or prognosis of osteoporosis and fracture risk. We collected 446 serum samples from postmenopaus ...[more]