Calcium supplements increase bone mineral density in women with low serum calcium levels during long-term estrogen therapy

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-415

  Mizunuma, Hideki ^a,b   Okano, Hiroya ^a   Soda, Masa Yuki ^a   Tokizawa, Shunya ^a   Kagami, Issei ^a   Miyamoto, Sumitaka ^a   Honjo, Shige Ichirou ^a   Ibuki, Yosito ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density (BMD); Calcium supplements; Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM LACTATE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR SPINE;

EID: 0029763387     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.43.411     Document Type: Article

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