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R. Marcolongo
Life Sciences
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Calcaneus Ultrasonometry and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry for the Evaluation of Vertebral Fracture Risk
The aim of this retrospective, cross-sectional, controlled, non-population-based study was to evaluate the specificity and sensitivity of quantitative ultrasonometry (QUS) of the heel and of dual-energy X-ray ...
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The Hormonal Regulation of Purine Biosynthesis: Basal Levels of Different Hormones in Primary Gout
No complete analysis of the hormonal situation of gouty patients is now available. In the present experiments, the basal levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), 17-β-estradiol, ...
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Hormonal Aspects of Gouty Patients
Attempts have been made from time to time to identify gout as an endocrine disorder. The well known sex difference in the incidence of gout and the rarity of its occurrence in hypogonadal men and premenopausal...
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Ribose Tolerance in Gouty Patients
Ribose metabolism is well known in mammalian. Ribose-5-phosphate (R-5-P) is formed in pentose phosphate pathway, in the reaction:
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Evidence for purine biosynthesis in human leukocytes
Human leukocytes and lymphocytes have shown to be equipped with 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate amidotransrease, the enzyme which catalyzes the synthesis of the first intermediate of the purine pathway, thus ...
