Lanthanides and their complexes for the treatment of bone density disorders

Lanthanides are of interest in the treatment of bone density disorders because they are found to accumulate preferentially in bone (in vivo), have a stimulatory effect on bone formation, and exhibit an inhibitory effect on bone degradation (in vitro), altering the homeostasis of the bone cycle. I...

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Main Author: Mawani, Yasmin Jenny
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43054