Animal models of osteoporosis - necessity and limitations

There is a great need to further characterise the available animal models for postmenopausal osteoporosis, for the understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease, investigation of new therapies (e.g. selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs)) and evaluation of prosthetic devices in osteoporot...

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Main Author: Turner A. Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC 2001-06-01
Series:European Cells & Materials
Online Access:http://www.ecmjournal.org/journal/papers/vol001/vol001a08.php