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Estradiol ameliorates arthritis and protects against systemic bone loss in Staphylococcus aureus infection in mice

INTRODUCTION: Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of bacterial arthritis, which is associated with progressive bone loss in affected joints. We recently showed that S. aureus infection also induces a significant systemic bone loss in mice. This study was performed to assess the effect of estradi...

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Autores principales: Gjertsson, Inger, Lagerquist, Marie K, Kristiansson, Erik, Carlsten, Hans, Lindholm, Catharina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3446450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22507741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar3799