Bone Abstracts

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25D) is one of the major regulators of calcium metabolism. Due to its lipophilic nature and low circulating concentration, the measurement of 1,25D concentration levels has been labour intensive and technique dependent in addition to multiple equipments required for the sample purification procedure. We reported the results of soon to be commercialised fully on-board IDS-iSYS 1,25 VitDXp assay.IDS-iSYS 1,25 VitD...

Objective: Hyperthyroidism leads to reduced mineral bone density and is associated with increased risk of fracture. Whether the effect of increased bone turnover is identical in cortical and trabecular bone in unknown. Using a cross sectional design we aimed to investigate which bone compartment is affected.Methods: Nineteen newly diagnosed patients with Graves’ disease (GD) and nineteen euthyroid controls matched on age, gender and menopausal statu...