Aromatase in human bone tissue

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1416-1423

  Sasano, Hironobu ^a   Uzuki, Miwa ^a   Sawai, Takashi ^a   Nagura, Hiroshi ^a   Matsunaga, Gen ^a   Kashimoto, Osamu ^b   Harada, Nobuhiro ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Miyagi Prefectural Takyo Enn ^*  (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; BONE METABOLISM; BONE REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXON; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIB; SCHOOL CHILD; TIBIA;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AROMATASE; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030800535     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.1997.12.9.1416     Document Type: Article

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