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ReviewOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2020

Hypophosphatasia in adolescents and adults: overview of diagnosis and treatment.

M L Bianchi, N J Bishop, N Guañabens, C Hofmann, F Jakob, C Roux, M C Zillikens, Rare Bone Disease Action Group of the European Calcified Tissue Society

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Review in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prevalence of hypophosphatasia in general and selected patient populations: a systematic review.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  2. Low alkaline phosphatase in adults: implications for the diagnosis of hypophosphatasia during evaluation for osteoporosis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  4. Clinical pediatric endocrinology : case reports and clinical investigations : official journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology · 2026
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  5. External validation of the proposed diagnostic criteria for hypophosphatasia in adults of a Spanish cohort.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  7. The Challenge of Hypophosphatasia Diagnosis in Patients with Fibromyalgia.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2026
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  17. Establishment of human periodontal ligament cell lines withFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

M L BianchiLaboratorio sperimentale di ricerche sul metabolismo osseo infantile, Centro Malattie Metaboliche Ossee, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, Italy. ml.bianchi@auxologico.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9261-0732
N J BishopDepartment of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
N GuañabensServicio de Reumatología, Hospital Clínic, Universidad de Barcelona, IDIBAPS CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain.
C HofmannChildren's Hospital, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
F JakobOrthopedic Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
C RouxINSERM U1153 APHP Centre, Université de Paris, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France.
M C ZillikensDepartment of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology Section, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Rare Bone Disease Action Group of the European Calcified Tissue Society
Inserm · FRUniversity of Würzburg · DEErasmus University Rotterdam · NLHospital Clínic de Barcelona · ESIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano · ITSheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article provides an overview of the current knowledge on hypophosphatasia-a rare genetic disease of very variable presentation and severity-with a special focus on adolescents and adults. It summarizes the available information on the many known mutations of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP), the epidemiology and clinical presentation of the disease in adolescents and adults, and the essential diagnostic clues. The last section reviews the therapeutic approaches, including recent reports on enzyme replacement therapy (EnzRT).

Indexed as

HypophosphatasiaAdolescentAdultAlkaline PhosphataseEnzyme Replacement TherapyHumansMutationAlkaline PhosphataseAlkaline phosphataseBoneFracturesHypomineralizationHypophosphatasiaTeeth

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PMID32162014
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