Male osteoporosis: do sex steroids really benefit bone health in men?

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 78, Issue , 2011, Pages S191-S196

  Hoppé, Emmanuel ^a   Morel, Gauthier ^b   Biver, Emmanuel ^c   Borg, Séverine ^d   Chopin, Florence ^e   Legrand, Erick ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CHU PURPAN   (France)

^e SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Estradiol; Fracture; Male osteoporosis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AGED; AGING; BLOOD; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE RESORPTION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOGENESIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84860253991     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: 17787254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(11)70003-3     Document Type: Article

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