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hydroxyproline in body fluid
Indications:
- assessment bone resorption (urine)
- acromegaly
- hyperthyroidism
- hyperparathyroidism
- Paget's disease of bone
- rickets, osteomalacia
- bone fracture
- bony metastases
- osteoporosis
- sarcoidosis
- severe burns
- acute osteomyelitis
- congenital hypophosphatasia
- fibrous dysplasia
- growth spurts
Reference interval:
- adult male: 9-73 mg/day (urine)
- adult female: 7-49 mg/day
Clinical significance:
- measure of collagen turnover (urine)
Increases:
- acromegaly
- hyperthyroidism
- hyperparathyroidism
- Paget's disease of bone
- rickets, osteomalacia
- bone fracture
- bony metastases
- osteoporosis
- sarcoidosis
- severe burns
- acute osteomyelitis
- congenital hypophosphatasia
- fibrous dysplasia
- growth spurts
Decreases:
- hypopituitarism
- hypothyroidism
- hypoparathyroidism
- malnutrition
- muscular dystrophy
Related
4-hydroxyproline
Specific
hydroxyproline in amniotic fluid
hydroxyproline in blood
hydroxyproline in CSF
hydroxyproline in urine
hydroxyproline in vitreous fluid
General
general chemistry test
References
- Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, 4th edition, HB Wu ed,
WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 2006