Selected Publications:

  1. Thomas J. Schnitzer, Helene Rovsing, Edith Lau, Sidsel L. Boll, Ballari Brahmachari5, Richard C. Chou6, Tarini Joshi5, Roni Wechsler7, Siu-Long Yao5, Sveta Weiner5, Asger R. Bihlet8, Philip C. Conaghan9, Intra-articular MM- II, a novel suspension of large empty multilamellar liposomes, in painful knee osteoarthritis: A 26-week phase 2b placebo-controlled double blind randomized trial, 2023 OARSI World Congress on Osteoarthritis March 17–20, 2023 in Denver, CO, USA
  2. Timothy P. H. Lin1, Edith M. C. Lau, Kelvin H. Wan, Linda Zhong, Enne Leung, Chung Nga Ko1, Aiping Lu1,2, Muhammad R. Shah3, Zhaoxiang Bian1,2* and Dennis S. C. Lam1,2*. Initial observations of Jinhua Qinggan Granules, a Chinese medicine, in the mitigation of hospitalization and mortality in high-risk elderly with COVID- 19 infection: A retrospective study in an old age home in Hong Kong. Frontiers in Medicine. 27 July 2022, 10.3389/fmed.2022.948149
  3. E.M.C.Lau, R.Dinavahi, Y.C.Woo, C.-H.Wu, J.Guan, J.Maddox, C. Tolman, W.Yang & C.S.Shin, Romosozumab or alendronate for fracture prevention in East Asian patients: a subanalysis of the phase III, randomized ARCH study. Osteoporosis International (2020) 31:677-685
  4. Miller PD, Hattersley G, Lau E, Fitzpatrick LA, Harris AG et al. Bone mineral density response rates are greater in patients treated with abaloparatide compared with those treated with placebo or teriparatide: Results from the ACTIVE phase 3 trial. Bone 120(2019) 137-140
  5. Felicia Cosman, Daria B.Crittenden, Jonathan D. Adachi, Neil Binkley, Edith Lau et al. Romosozumab Treatment in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis. New England Journal of Medicine. 2016 Oct 20; 375(16):1532-1543
  6. Miller PD, Hattersley G, Riis BJ, Williams GC, Lau E et al. Effect of Abaloparatide vs Placebo on New Vertebral Fractures in Postmenopausal Women With Osteoporosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2016 Aug 16;316(7):722-33
  7. Lau EM, Leung PC, Kwok T, Woo J, Lynn H et al.The determinants of bone mineral density in Chinese men – results from Mr. OS (Hong Kong), the first cohort study on osteoporosis in Asian Men. Osteoporosis Int. 2006 Feb, 17(2) 297-303
  8. Lau EMC, Chan FW, Hui DS, Wu AK, Leung PC. Reduced bone mineral density in male Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) patients in Hong Kong. Bone 2005 37;3:420-424
  9. EMC Lau, H Lynn, J Woo, LJ Melton. The prevalence of and risk factors for sarcopenia in the Chinese Elderly Men and Women. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 2005; 60A: 216-217
  10. EMC Lau, DTK Choy, M Li, J Woo, T Chung, A Sham. The relationship between COLIA 1 polymorphisms (SP 1) and COLIA 2 polymorphisms (Eco R1 and Puv II) with bone mineral density in Chinese Men and Women. Calcified Tissue International 2004; 73: 133-137
  11. Lau E, Chan H, Woo J, Leung PC. Body composition and bone mineral density in Chinese women with vertebral fracture. Bone; 1996(6):657-662
  12. Lau EMC, Donnan SPB, Barker DJ, Cooper C. Physical activity and calcium intake in fractured proximal femur in Hong Kong. British Medical Journal 1988; 297:1441-3
  13. Lau E, Lin F, Croft P, Silman A, Lam D. Hip osteoarthritis and dysplasia in Chinese men. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 1995; 54(12):965-969
  14. Lau EMC, Symmons DPM, Croft P. The epidemiology of hip osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in the orient. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 1996; 323:81-90
  15. Jean Woo, Edith Lau, Chak Sing Lau, Polly Lee, James Zhang, Timothy Kwok, Cynthia Chan, P Chiu, Kai Ming Chan, A Chan and D Lam. Socioeconomic Impact of Osteoarthritis in Hong Kong: Utilization and Health and Social Services, and Direct and Indirect Costs. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2003;49:526-534
  16. J Woo, E Lau, P Lee, T Kwok, CS Lau, C Chan, P Chiu, E Li, A Sham, D Lam. Impact of osteoarthritis on quality of life in a Hong Kong Chinese population. Journal of Rheumatology 2004, 31:12;2433-2436
  17. Karsdal MA, Byrjalsen I, Henriksen K, Riis BJ, Lau EM et al. The effect of oral salmon calcitonin delivered with 5- CNAC on bone and cartilage degradation in osteoarthritic patients: 14-day randomized study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2010 Feb;18(2):150-9