Measurement of serum estrogen and estrogen metabolites in pre- and postmenopausal women with osteoarthritis using high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry

Although 17β-estradiol (E2) deficiency has been linked to the development of osteoarthritis (OA) in middle-aged women, there are few studies relating other estrogens and estrogen metabolites (EMs) to this condition. We developed a high-perf...

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Main Authors: W.L. Gao, L.S. Wu, J.H. Zi, B. Wu, Y.Z. Li, Y.C. Song, D.Z. Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2015-02-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2015000200146&lng=en&tlng=en