The Endocrine Role of Estrogens on Human Male Skeleton

Before the characterization of human and animal models of estrogen deficiency, estrogen action was confined in the context of the female bone. These interesting models uncovered a wide spectrum of unexpected estrogen actions on bone in males, allowing the formulation of an estrogen-centric theory us...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vincenzo Rochira, Elda Kara, Cesare Carani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of Endocrinology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/165215