Yue Sun

TL;DR: The rate of hip fracture has been rising very rapidly in Beijing, China, and the burden of hip fractures may be shifting rapidly from the West to urbanizing areas of the East.

TL;DR: Serum &bgr;-CTX was significantly higher in postmenopausal women with sustained fracture or vertebral fracture, and P1NP levels were negatively correlated with BMD, while Vitamin D deficiency was highly prevalent in post menopausal women in Beijing.

TL;DR: A retrospective analysis of the most recent 261 Chinese patients with XLH evaluated at Peking Union Medical College Hospital provided a comprehensive characterization of the largest cohort of patients reported to date from China, which will help in evaluating the applicability of emerging therapies for this disease in this ethnic group.

TL;DR: The results suggest that PHEX gene mutations were responsible for XLH in these patients and these mutations may contribute to a higher serum FGF23 level.

TL;DR: Nine novel mutations in addition to 37 known mutations of CYP27B1 gene are described and the correlation between these mutations and the clinical findings of 1α-hydroxylase deficiency is shown.