Objective. To assess serum level of Dickkopf-1 in postmenopausal females and its correlation with bone mineral density and serum biochemical markers. Methods. Bone densitometry, serum Dickkopf-1, calcium, phosphorus, and alkaline phosphatase were done in sixty postmenopausal females. Patients were divided according to T score into osteoporosis (group I), osteopenia (group II), and normal bone m...

Three-dimensional phosphorus MR images ((31)P MRI) of teeth are obtained at a nominal resolution of 0.5 mm in less than 15 minutes using acquisition pulse sequences sensitive to ultra-short transversal relaxation times. The images directly reflect the spatially resolved phosphorus content of mineral tissue in dentin and enamel; they show a lack of signal from pulp tissue and reduced signal from...

Cockburn, F., Brown, J. K., Belton, N. R., and Forfar, J. 0. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 99. Neonatal convulsions associated with primary disturbance of calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium metabolism. The biochemical relations in 75 newborn infants suffering from convulsions considered to be due to a primary disturbance of mineral metabolism have been studied. Hypocalcaemia was...

UNLABELLED Background: Epilepsy is the most common neurological disease in children. The patient must take antiepileptic drug for controlling the seizure at least 2 years. Many previous studies show the effect of antiepileptic drug to vitamin D status and bone health. OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and bone mineral density in the children who are taking antiepilepti...

The expanded growth model is developed to describe accumulation of plant biomass (Mg ha(-1)) and mineral elements (kg ha(-1)) in with calendar time (wk). Accumulation of plant biomass with calendar time occurs as a result of photosynthesis for green land-based plants. A corresponding accumulation of mineral elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium occurs from the soil through plant ...

Recent studies have demonstrated that Daphnia, a cladoceran (anomopod) zooplankton species with a high phosphorus content, can become P limited when fed algae deficient in phosphorus. Bosmina is another common anomopod zooplankter, but its body has a lower percentage of P than does that of Daphnia, and Bosmina might therefore be less susceptible to P mineral limitation. To test for this hypothe...

Aim. We assessed the bone mineral density and related parameters in nine adults, thirty-eight pubertal, prepubertal totally forty-seven patients with thalassemia major living in Antalya, Turkey. Materials and Methods. We measured height and pubertal staging in last five years by six-month intervals. Average ferritin and hemoglobin concentrations were calculated for last three years. The levels ...