Bone Abstracts

Objectives: The purpose of our study was to investigate RANK/RANKL/OPG system and the concentrations of other markers of bone turn-over in normal pregnancy and pre-eclampsia.Materials and methods: Forty five patients with pre-eclampsia, 78 healthy pregnant women and twenty non-pregnant women were included in the study. Sera concentrations of the markers of bone turn-over: osteoprotegrin (OPG), sRANKL, osteocalcin and CrosLaps – degradation products ...