In order to take account of the heterogeneity of skeletal involvement, patients with PTH <150 pg/ml (positive predictive value for ABD: 97%) and bone alkaline phosphatases <10 ng/ml (which can further bolster the diagnosis of ABD, as it is 100% sensitive and 93.7% specific) were classified as having ABD.38
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