Systemic treatment with telmisartan improves femur fracture healing in mice.

Recent clinical studies indicated that angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) would decrease the risk of bone fractures in the elderly populations. There is little known about the role of the ARBs in the process of fracture healing. The purpose of the present study was to verify the hypothesis that sy...

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Main Authors: Xiong Zhao, Jia-xing Wang, Ya-fei Feng, Zi-xiang Wu, Yang Zhang, Lei Shi, Quan-chang Tan, Ya-bo Yan, Wei Lei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3958447?pdf=render