A population-based study of the risk of osteoporosis and fracture with dutasteride and finasteride

BACKGROUND: Dutasteride is a potent inhibitor of 5-alpha reductase enzymes that reduces concentrations of dihydrotestosterone to a greater extent than finasteride. Whether this has adverse implications for bone health is unknown. We compared the risk of osteoporosis and fractures in older men treate...

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Autores principales: Antoniou, Tony, Macdonald, Erin M., Yao, Zhan, Gomes, Tara, Tadrous, Mina, Ho, Joanne M.-W., Mamdani, Muhammad M., Juurlink, David N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5964967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29789004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-2076-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5964967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29789004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-2076-9

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