Sex steroids and the construction and conservation of the adult skeleton.

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Summary

A new unitary model for the pathophysiology of involutional osteoporosis is reviewed and extended that identifies estrogen (E) as the key hormone for maintaining bone mass and E deficiency as the major cause of age-related bone loss in both sexes.

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review
Published
2002-06-01
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Keywords

Endocrinology, Internal medicine, Cancellous bone, Osteoporosis, Peak bone mass

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