Large animal model for osteoporosis in humans: The ewe

European Cells and Materials

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 372-385

  Oheim, Ralf ^a   Amling, Michael ^a   Ignatius, Anita ^b   Pogoda, Pia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone; Large animal models; Orthopaedics; Osteoporosis; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEPTIN; MELATONIN; VITAMIN D;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE METABOLISM; BONE STRUCTURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE MODEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; EWE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; DIET; METABOLISM; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 84875499567     PISSN: 14732262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v024a27     Document Type: Article

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