Articular cartilage compressive stiffness following oophorectomy or treatment with 17β-estradiol in young postpubertal rabbits

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 357-362

  Räsänen, Tuomas ^a   Messner, Karola ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cartilage mechanical properties; Estrogen; Oral contraceptives; Ovarectomy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; KNEE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RIGIDITY; THICKNESS; TIBIA;

EID: 0032898334     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.780502.x     Document Type: Article

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