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Growth hormone regulates the balance between bone formation and bone marrow adiposity

  1. Philip J Menagh1,
  2. Russell T Turner1,
  3. Donald B Jump1,2,
  4. Carmen P Wong1,
  5. Malcolm B Lowry3,
  6. Shoshana Yakar4,
  7. Clifford J Rosen5,6,
  8. Urszula T Iwaniec1,*

Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.091015

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 4, pages 757–768, April 2010

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Menagh, P. J., Turner, R. T., Jump, D. B., Wong, C. P., Lowry, M. B., Yakar, S., Rosen, C. J. and Iwaniec, U. T. (2010), Growth hormone regulates the balance between bone formation and bone marrow adiposity. J Bone Miner Res, 25: 757–768. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.091015

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  1. 1

    Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

  2. 2

    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

  4. 4

    Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

  5. 5

    Maine Center for Osteoporosis Research and Education, St. Joseph Hospital, Bangor, ME, USA

  6. 6

    The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA

*Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, 108 Milam Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 9 APR 2010
  2. Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 27 JAN 2010 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 9 OCT 2009
  5. Manuscript Revised: 7 JUL 2009
  6. Manuscript Received: 8 AUG 2008

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