Tartrate-resistant acid phosphate activity as osteoclastic marker: Sensitivity of cytochemical assessment and serum assay in comparison with standardized osteoclast histomorphometry

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-43

  Ballanti, P ^a   Minisola, S ^a   Pacitti, M T ^a   Scarnecchia, L ^a   Rosso, R ^a   Mazzuoli, G F ^a   Bonucci, E ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone biopsy; Histomorphometry; Osteoclasts; Serum TRAP; TRAP cytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

ACID PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCLASTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031047052     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01623458     Document Type: Article

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