title: Plasma bone Gla-protein: assessment of its clinical value as an index of bone formation in hemodialyzed patients.
abstract: Plasma bone-Gla protein was measured in 27 non-selected patients on chronic hemodialysis or hemofiltration with no overt radiological bone disease. Individual values ranged from normal to 10-times the upper limit of the normal range. Plasma bone-Gla protein correlated with the histomorphometric parameters of bone turnover and bone formation and with plasma parathyroïd hormone and alkaline phosphatase. When patients were classified according to their Bone Formation Rate, plasma bone-Gla-protein allowed a better distinction between high and low bone formation rates than did alkaline phosphatase or plasma parathyroïd hormone.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015675:Osteocalcin; D010012:Osteogenesis; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D015675:Osteocalcin