Bone mineral density in egyptian children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: possible correlation to serum RANKL / osteoprotegerin (OPG) ratio and OPG gene polymorphisms

• Main Authors: Riham Eid (Author), Maha Abdelsalam (Author), Aya Ahmed Fathy (Author), Hadil M. Abolenein (Author), Eman Bakr Elmarghany (Author), Aya Ahmed El-Hanafy (Author), Nashwa Hamdy (Author), Dina Salama Abd-Elmagid (Author), Nermeen A. Niazy (Author), Dina M. Abd-El Ghaffar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are at higher risk of decreased bone mineral density (BMD) compared with healthy children due to genetic, disease and medication-related causes. This study aims to investigate the possible effects of osteoprotegerin (OPG) gene pol...