Calcium, gamma-linolenic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid supplementation in senile osteoporosis

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 385-394

  Kruger, M C ^a   Coetzer, H ^a   De Winter, R ^a   Gericke, G ^a   Van Papendorp, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bone density; Bone turnover; Essential fatty acids; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COCONUT OIL; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE TURNOVER; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PILOT STUDY; SENILITY;

EID: 0032408099     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339885     Document Type: Article

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