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Fibroblast growth factor 23 contributes to diminished bone mineral density in childhood inflammatory bowel disease

BACKGROUND: Diminished bone mineral density (BMD) is of significant concern in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Exact etiology is debatable. The recognition of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), a phosphaturic hormone related to tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) makes it plausible to...

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Autores principales: El-Hodhod, Mostafa Abdel-Aziz, Hamdy, Ahmad Mohamed, Abbas, Amal Ahmed, Moftah, Sherine George, Ramadan, Alhag Ahmed Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3438067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22551310
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-12-44