Effects of hysterectomy on bone in intac
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Dr. Ailsa Goulding; E. Gold; N. J. Lewis-Barned
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Article
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2009
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American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
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English
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To determine whether the uterus plays any role in mediating the ability of estrogen to conserve bone in the rat, eight groups of animals (n = 8) with their skeletons labeled with 45Ca were studied. Rats were ovariectomized (OVX), hysterectomized (Hyst), or given sham operations (Sham) and then pair-