Aromatase inhibition impairs skeletal modeling and decreases bone mineral density in growing male rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2301-2307

  Vanderschueren, D ^a   Van Herck, E ^a   Nijs, J ^b   Ederveen, A G H ^c   De Coster, R ^d   Bouillon, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

^d JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; OSTEOCALCIN; TESTOSTERONE; VOROZOLE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE REMODELING; BONE TURNOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030958817     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.6.5216     Document Type: Article

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