Adrenarche and bone modeling and remodeling at the proximal radius: Weak androgens make stronger cortical bone in healthy children

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1539-1546

  Remer, Thomas ^a   Boye, Kai R ^a   Hartmann, Michaela ^b   Neu, Christina M ^c   Schoenau, Eckhard ^c   Manz, Friedrich ^a   Wudy, Stefan A ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenarche; Bone density; Muscle; Remodeling; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENARCHE; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERIOSTEUM; PUBERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGENS; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; RADIUS;

EID: 2142653123     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2003.18.8.1539     Document Type: Article

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