Bone health assessment in haemophilic arthropathy: A single centre study from Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Mandal Prakas Kumar; Garg Malini; Chakrabarti Prantar; Bhowmik Amrita; Gantait Debasis; Dolai Tuphan Kanti

doi:10.2478/jhp-2021-0018

The Journal of Haemophilia Practice (Mar 2022)

Bone health assessment in haemophilic arthropathy: A single centre study from Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Mandal Prakas Kumar,
Garg Malini,
Chakrabarti Prantar,
Bhowmik Amrita,
Gantait Debasis,
Dolai Tuphan Kanti

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Mandal Prakas Kumar: Department of Hematology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, India.
Garg Malini: Department of Hematology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, India
Chakrabarti Prantar: Department of Hematology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, India
Bhowmik Amrita: Department of Hematology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, India
Gantait Debasis: Department of Hematology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, India
Dolai Tuphan Kanti: Department of Hematology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jhp-2021-0018
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 183 – 188

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Haemophilia has been associated with increased prevalence of low bone mineral density (BMD) which in turn may aggravate haemophilic arthropathy. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) is the gold standard for assessing BMD but is not widely available across India. Markers of bone turnover like bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (b-ALP) reflect osteoblastic turnover and may be surrogate to low BMD.

Published in The Journal of Haemophilia Practice

ISSN: 2055-3390 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/JHP?tab=-aims-scope

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