Androgen deficiency induces high turnover osteopenia in aged male rats: A sequential histomorphometric study

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1085-1098

  Erben, Reinhold G ^a   Eberle, Johannes ^a   Stahr, Kerstin ^a   Goldberg, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Histomorphometry; Orchiectomy; Osteoporosis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CALCIUM; ESTRADIOL; OSTEOCALCIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034088513     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2000.15.6.1085     Document Type: Article

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