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Growth hormone protects against ovariectomy-induced bone loss in states of low circulating insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1)†

  1. J Christopher Fritton1,
  2. Kelly B Emerton1,
  3. Hui Sun2,
  4. Yuki Kawashima2,
  5. Wilson Mejia2,
  6. Yingjie Wu2,
  7. Clifford J Rosen3,
  8. David Panus4,
  9. Mary Bouxsein4,
  10. Robert J Majeska1,
  11. Mitchell B Schaffler1,
  12. Shoshana Yakar2,*

Article first published online: 18 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.090723

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 2, pages 235–246, February 2010

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Fritton, J. C., Emerton, K. B., Sun, H., Kawashima, Y., Mejia, W., Wu, Y., Rosen, C. J., Panus, D., Bouxsein, M., Majeska, R. J., Schaffler, M. B. and Yakar, S. (2010), Growth hormone protects against ovariectomy-induced bone loss in states of low circulating insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1). J Bone Miner Res, 25: 235–246. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.090723

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  1. 1

    Leni & Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

  3. 3

    Maine Medical Center Research Institute, 81 Research Drive, Scarborough, ME, USA

  4. 4

    Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

*Assistant Professor, Endocrinology/Diabetes and Bone Disease, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1055, New York, NY 10029, USA.

  1. †

    This work was presented in part at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research, September 12–16, 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 18 DEC 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 6 JUL 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 5 MAY 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 3 MAR 2009

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