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Melatonin increases oestradiol-induced bone formation in ovariectomized rats

  1. Marta G. Ladizesky1,
  2. Verónica Boggio2,
  3. Liliana E. Albornoz2,
  4. Patricia O. Castrillón2,
  5. Carlos Mautalen1,
  6. Daniel P. Cardinali2

Article first published online: 31 JAN 2003

DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2003.00021.x

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Journal of Pineal Research

Journal of Pineal Research

Volume 34, Issue 2, pages 143–151, March 2003

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Ladizesky, M. G., Boggio, V., Albornoz, L. E., Castrillón, P. O., Mautalen, C. and Cardinali, D. P. (2003), Melatonin increases oestradiol-induced bone formation in ovariectomized rats. Journal of Pineal Research, 34: 143–151. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2003.00021.x

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  1. 1

    Sección Osteopatías Médicas, Hospital de Clínicas ‘José de San Martín’, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina;

  2. 2

    Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

*Address reprint requests to Daniel P. Cardinali, Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, 1121 Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: cardinal@mail.retina.ar

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 31 JAN 2003
  2. Article first published online: 31 JAN 2003
  3. Received August 2, 2002; accepted October 1, 2002.

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