Estrogens and the intervertebral disc

Menopause International

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 127-130

  Calleja Agius, J ^a   Muscat Baron, Y ^a   Brincat, M P ^a  

^a Mater Dei Hospital

Author keywords

Estrogen; intervertebral disc; menopause; osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COLLAGEN; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE;

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN;

BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE REMODELING; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOCLAST; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; SPINE; SPINE MOBILITY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 69949167963     PISSN: 17540453     EISSN: 17540461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/mi.2009.009016     Document Type: Review

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