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Pinealectomy affects bone mineral density and structure - an experimental study in sheep

BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis and associated fractures are a major public health burden and there is great need for a large animal model. Melatonin, the hormone of the pineal gland, has been shown to influence bone metabolism. This study aims to evaluate whether absence of melatonin due to pinealectomy a...

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Autores principales: Egermann, Marcus, Gerhardt, Christian, Barth, Alain, Maestroni, Georges J, Schneider, Erich, Alini, Mauro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3270003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22115044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-271