Bone Mineral Densities in Individuals with Gilbert’s Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional, Case-Control Pilot Study

BACKGROUND: Unconjugated bilirubin inhibits osteoblastic proliferative activity in vitro, raising the possibility that Gilbert’s syndrome (GS) patients are at increased risk of osteoporosis.

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Main Authors: GY Minuk, R Greenberg, J Uhanova, K Hawkins, WD Leslie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/635126
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spelling doaj-art-4daa60831571452d8db3c35c8753fde22025-08-20T02:38:45ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002009-01-0123643143610.1155/2009/635126Bone Mineral Densities in Individuals with Gilbert’s Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional, Case-Control Pilot StudyGY Minuk0R Greenberg1J Uhanova2K Hawkins3WD Leslie4Department of Medicine Section of Hepatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medicine Section of Hepatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medicine Section of Hepatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medicine Section of Hepatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaSection of Nuclear Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaBACKGROUND: Unconjugated bilirubin inhibits osteoblastic proliferative activity in vitro, raising the possibility that Gilbert’s syndrome (GS) patients are at increased risk of osteoporosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/635126
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Bone Mineral Densities in Individuals with Gilbert’s Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional, Case-Control Pilot Study
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
title Bone Mineral Densities in Individuals with Gilbert’s Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional, Case-Control Pilot Study
title_full Bone Mineral Densities in Individuals with Gilbert’s Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional, Case-Control Pilot Study
title_fullStr Bone Mineral Densities in Individuals with Gilbert’s Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional, Case-Control Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed Bone Mineral Densities in Individuals with Gilbert’s Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional, Case-Control Pilot Study
title_short Bone Mineral Densities in Individuals with Gilbert’s Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional, Case-Control Pilot Study
title_sort bone mineral densities in individuals with gilbert s syndrome a cross sectional case control pilot study
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/635126
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