Effects of dihydrotestosterone alone and combined with estrogen on bone mineral density, bone growth, and formation rates in ovariectomized rats

Bone

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-114

  Coxam, V ^a   Bowman, B M ^a   Mecham, M ^a   Roth, C M ^a   Miller, M A ^a   Miller, Scott C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Bone formation; Bone growth; Dihydrotestosterone; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM BONE LEVEL; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOPENIA; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 0030220555     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/8756-3282(96)00135-4     Document Type: Article

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