The role of estrogen in the control of rat osteocyte apoptosis

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1243-1250

  Tomkinson, A ^a   Gevers, E F ^b   Wit, J M ^b   Reeve, J ^a   Noble, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCYTE; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; OSTEOCYTES; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 0031856827     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.1998.13.8.1243     Document Type: Article

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