Low levels of estradiol are associated with vertebral fractures in older men, but not women: The Rancho Bernardo Study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 219-223

  Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^a   Mueller, Judith E ^b   Von Mühlen, Denise G ^a   Laughlin, Gail A ^a   Schneider, Diane L ^a   Sartoris, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE;

EID: 0034456603     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.1.219     Document Type: Article

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