After an initial balance favoring collagen formation and mineralization, bone turnover markers return to pre-treatment levels during long-term TNF-α inhibition in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
<h4>Background</h4>Bone turnover balance favors bone formation, especially mineralization, during the first 3 years of treatment with TNF-α inhibitors (TNFi). Our aim was to evaluate the course of serum bone turnover markers (BTM) and to investigate if facilitation of mineralization refl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2023-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283579 |