Standardising biochemical assessment of bone turnover in osteoporosis

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¹ Department of Core Clinical Pathology and Biochemistry, PathWest Laboratory Medicine-Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia; School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia. Electronic address: samuel.vasikaran@health.wa.gov.au.
² School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide South Australia 5000, Australia.
³ MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK.
⁴ Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases (WHO Collaborating Centre), University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK.

Editorial

Samuel D Vasikaran et al. Clin Biochem. 2011 Sep.

. 2011 Sep;44(13):1033-1034.

doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.07.001. Epub 2011 Jul 19.

¹ Department of Core Clinical Pathology and Biochemistry, PathWest Laboratory Medicine-Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia; School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia. Electronic address: samuel.vasikaran@health.wa.gov.au.
² School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide South Australia 5000, Australia.
³ MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK.
⁴ Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases (WHO Collaborating Centre), University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK.

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