Intervertebral disc height in treated and untreated overweight post-menopausal women

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3566-3570

  Baron, Yves Muscat ^a   Brincat, Mark P ^a   Galea, Raymond ^a   Calleja, Neville ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Extracellular matrix; Intervertebral discs; Menopause; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PREMPAK;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACIC SPINE; WATER CONTENT;

DISCOIDAE;

EID: 28544449832     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei251     Document Type: Article

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