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Estrogen deficiency accelerates lumbar facet joints arthritis

Dramatic increase in the prevalence of lumbar facet joint (LFJ) arthritis in women around the age of menopause indicates a protective role for estrogen in LFJ arthritis. To date, there is no evidence for this indication and the mechanism of such an effect remains poorly understood. In this study, ov...

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Autores principales: Chen, Hao, Zhu, Hai, Zhang, Kai, Chen, Kangwu, Yang, Huilin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5431109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28469263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01427-7