Treatment of osteoporosis with parathyroid peptide (hPTH 1-34) and oestrogen: increase in volumetric density of iliac cancellous bone may depend on reduced trabecular spacing as well as increased thickness of packets of newly formed bone.

OBJECTIVE: We wished to determine whether treatment of vertebral osteoporosis with human parathyroid peptide 1-34 (hPTH 1-34), given as a daily injection with supplementary treatment with hormone replacement therapy (HRT), increases cancellous bone area in the ilium by increasing the size of packets...

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Main Authors: Bradbeer, J, Arlot, M, Meunier, P, Reeve, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1992