Is nitroglycerin a novel and inexpensive treatment for osteoporosis?

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 826-827

  Khosla, Sundeep ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; OSTEOCALCIN;

BONE DENSITY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORTICAL BONE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; FRACTURE; HEART WORK; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 79951971474     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.191     Document Type: Editorial

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