[Osteocalcin in rheumatoid arthritis--a marker for accelerated bone turnover in late-onset rheumatoid arthritis?].
Increased levels of OC can be detected in late RA with high disease activity, whereas no major bone impairment is detectable in early and advanced stages of RA suggesting a more serious bone involvement in this form of the disease. OC appears to be a good marker to identify osteopenia in late onset active RA.
Marhoffer
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Medizinische Klinik III und Poliklinik, Universität Giessen.
Stracke
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Schatz
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Schmidt
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KL
Federlin
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K
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D015675:Osteocalcin / Q000097:blood*; D011379:Prognosis
D015675:Osteocalcin
Osteocalcin bei rheumatoider Arthritis--ein Marker für erhöhten Knochenumsatz bei RA-Spätform?