Postmenopausal bone loss

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osteoporosis, postmenopause

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• Early postmenopausal bone loss is prevented by estrogen and partially by 1alpha-OH-vitamin D3: therapeutic effects of estrogen and/or 1alpha-OH-vitamin D3.
• Early and late postmenopausal bone loss is associated with BsmI vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism in Japanese women.
• Vertebral postmenopausal bone loss is reduced in overweight women: a longitudinal study in 155 early postmenopausal women.
• Ettinger B et al 1987 Postmenopausal bone loss is prevented by treatment with low dosage estrogen with calcium Ann Intern Med 106:40-45.
• 47 Postmenopausal bone loss is associated with an increase in both the number and activity of osteoclasts in trabecular bone.

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