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Serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase and bone mineral content in postmenopausal osteoporosis
C de la Piedra1, R Torres, A Rapado
1Unidad Metabólica, Fundación Jimenez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Calcified Tissue International
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
Serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (sTr-AcP) and bone mineral content (BMC) were measured in 29 women with postmenopausal osteoporosis and in 12 control women. Serum Tr-AcP was higher in osteoporotic patients than in controls and a negative linear correlation was found between sTr-AcP and BMC in osteoporotic women. These results suggest that sTr-AcP could be a useful marker for bone loss and consequently, for the measure of bone resorption rate in postmenopausal women.