Open AccessIdentification of bone-specific alkaline phosphatase in saliva and its correlation with skeletal age
Author(s) -
Sandesh Santoshkumar Hegde,
Ameet V Revankar,
Anand Patil
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_298_15
Subject(s) - analysis of variance , saliva , alkaline phosphatase , tukey's range test , post hoc , context (archaeology) , post hoc analysis , medicine , group b , statistical significance , dentistry , biology , mathematics , enzyme , statistics , biochemistry , paleontology
Bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (B-ALP), a product of osteoblasts, is a bone formation marker whose serum levels fluctuate with puberty and adolescence.