A Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic and solid-state NMR study of bone mineral in osteogenesis imperfecta

Autor: Barrie Pj, N. Garrington, John Cassella, Ali Sy
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism. 18:291-296
ISSN: 0914-8779
DOI: 10.1007/pl00010645
Popis: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and 31P solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were used to determine if any structural or compositional differences in osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) bone mineral could be detected that might help to explain the bone fragility observed in this disease. A previous study by Cassella et al. used an electron probe X-ray microanalytical technique to compare the calcium to phosphorus (Ca/P) molar ratios in normal bone and bone from patients with OI. It was demonstrated that bone from OI patients had a lower Ca/P molar ratio. This study demonstrated that OI bone mineral had a general hydroxyapatite structure and that isomorphous substitutions in the carbanoapatite lattice could account for the low Ca/P molar ratio.
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