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ArticleJournal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research2024

Possible role of bone turnover markers in the diagnosis of adult hypophosphatasia.

Francesco Bertoldo, Giovanni Tripepi, Martina Zaninotto, Mario Plebani, Alfredo Scillitani, Massimo Varenna, Chiara Crotti, Cristiana Cipriani, Jessica Pepe, Salvatore Minisola and 13 more

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Article in Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. 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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  2. Identification of hypophosphatasia in adults with persistent hypophosphatasemia: clinical-genetic characterization and a validated diagnostic tool.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. 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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  7. Hypophosphatasia: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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23 authors.

Francesco BertoldoBone Metabolism and Osteoncology Unit, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy.
Giovanni TripepiNational Research Council (CNR), Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC), Clinical Epidemiology of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Ospedali Riuniti, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Martina ZaninottoLaboratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, 35128 Padova, Italy.
Mario PlebaniLaboratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, 35128 Padova, Italy.
Alfredo ScillitaniUnit of Endocrinology and Diabetology, "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Hospital, IRCCS, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Massimo VarennaBone Diseases Unit, Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST-G. Pini-CTO, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Chiara CrottiBone Diseases Unit, Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST-G. Pini-CTO, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Cristiana CiprianiDepartment of Clinical, Internal, Anaesthesiology, and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0141-1202
Jessica PepeDepartment of Clinical, Internal, Anaesthesiology, and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Salvatore MinisolaDepartment of Clinical, Internal, Anaesthesiology, and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Flavia PuglieseUnit of Endocrinology and Diabetology, "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Hospital, IRCCS, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Vito GuarnieriDivision of Medical Genetics, "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Hospital, IRCCS, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Valeria BaffaClinica Medica 1, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, European Reference Network on Rare Bone Diseases (ERN BOND), 35128 Padova, Italy.
Marco Onofrio TorresClinica Medica 1, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, European Reference Network on Rare Bone Diseases (ERN BOND), 35128 Padova, Italy.
Francesca ZanchettaClinica Medica 1, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, European Reference Network on Rare Bone Diseases (ERN BOND), 35128 Padova, Italy.
Maria FusaroNational Research Council (CNR), Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC), 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Maurizio RossiniRheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy.
Maria Luisa BrandiFIRMO Foundation (Italian Foundation for the Research on Bone Diseases), 50129 Florence, Italy.
Colin Gerard EganCE Medical Writing SRLS, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Paolo SimioniClinica Medica 1, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, European Reference Network on Rare Bone Diseases (ERN BOND), 35128 Padova, Italy.
Gaetano Paride ArcidiaconoClinica Medica 1, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, European Reference Network on Rare Bone Diseases (ERN BOND), 35128 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0409-4449
Stefania SellaClinica Medica 1, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, European Reference Network on Rare Bone Diseases (ERN BOND), 35128 Padova, Italy.
Sandro GianniniClinica Medica 1, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, European Reference Network on Rare Bone Diseases (ERN BOND), 35128 Padova, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare disorder of the bone metabolism, characterized by genetically determined low alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity. Low ALP may also be observed in some common causes of bone fragility, such as in osteoporosis treated with antiresorptive drugs. This study aimed to verify whether differences in bone turnover markers (BTMs) could help differentiate adult patients with HPP from those with osteoporosis undergoing antiresorptive treatment. In this multicenter study, we enrolled 23 adult patients with a diagnosis of HPP and compared them with 46 osteoporotic subjects previously treated with zoledronic acid or denosumab. BTMs such as CTX, N-terminal propeptide of type I procollagen (P1NP), total ALP, and bone ALP (bALP) were measured, and ratios between BTMs were also calculated. Considering that the control group included only females, in the primary analysis we compared their characteristics with that of the 16 female patients with HPP. Both individual BTMs (CTX and P1NP) and 4 BTM ratios (ALP/P1NP, bALP/P1NP, ALP/CTX, and bALP/CTX) showed satisfactory discriminatory power, outperforming ALP alone. P1NP, in particular, had an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.962 with a cut-off of 32 μg/L, while as for the BTMs ratios, the ALP/P1NP ratio had an AUC of 0.964 with a cut-off of 1.114. Similar results were confirmed when including male HPP patients, when adjusting for age and sex, and finally when performing a sensitivity analysis only in patients with ALP less than or equal to 32 U/L (ie, the median of the distribution of the entire population). In cases of low ALP and bone fragility, BTM and their ratios could help distinguish HPP patients from osteoporotic individuals treated with antiresorptive drugs, aiding in accurate diagnosis and reducing the risk of inappropriate treatment.

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Alkaline PhosphataseBiomarkersBone RemodelingHypophosphatasiaAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOsteoporosisPeptide FragmentsProcollagenAlkaline PhosphataseBiomarkersPeptide FragmentsProcollagenalkaline phosphatasebone turnover markershypophosphatasiaosteoporosis

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