Acta Medica Martiniana (May 2015)

Comparison of the Whole-Body Bone Scintigraphy with Levels of the Markers of Bone Metabolism in Serum of Patients with Malignant Melanoma

  • Weissensteiner J.,
  • Babusikova E.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/acm-2015-0001
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 5 – 11

Abstract

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Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum levels of the biochemical markers of bone metabolism: osteocalcin (OC), beta-carboxyterminal cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen (β-CTx) with the presence of bone metastases detected by whole-body bone scintigraphy in patients with malignant melanoma.

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