Urinary excretion of pyridinium crosslin
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Uebelhart, Daniel; Gineyts, Evelyne; Chapuy, Marie-Claire; Delmas, Pierre D.
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Article
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1990
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The pyridinium derivatives hydroxylysylpyridinoline (HP) and lysylpyridinoline (LP) are intermolecular crosslinking compounds of collagen which are only present in its mature form. Contrasting to the wide distribution of type I and II collagens, HP and LP are absent from skin, ligament and fascia, a