Lovastatin increases longitudinal bone growth and bone morphogenetic protein-2 levels in the growth plate of Sprague-Dawley rats

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 406-407

  Leem, Kanghyun ^a   Park, Sun Young ^b   Lee, Dong Hwan ^b   Kim, Hocheol ^b  

^a Woosuk University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; MEVINOLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH PLATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; GROWTH PLATE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LOVASTATIN; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036304546     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-002-0955-3     Document Type: Article

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