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This paper seeks to determine if patients with a fibromyalgic syndrome have specific abnormalities of skeletal homeostasis. Radioisotopic evaluation of skeletal remodeling showed higher Fogelman index and increased 24-hour pyrophosphate retention in the group of fibromyalgics (n=28) when compared to the control group (n=16). Bone density (lumbar vertebrae and femoral neck) was not significantly different from control subjects. These data might suggest an accelerated bone metabolism in these patients.
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Appelboom, T., Schoutens, A. High bone turnover in fibromyalgia. Calcif Tissue Int 46, 314–317 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02563822
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