Oral statins and increased bone-mineral density in postmenopausal women
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Oral statins and increased bone-mineral density in postmenopausal women
Abstract
Experimental evidence suggests that the cholesterol-lowering drugs statins increase bone formation. We report a significant increase of bone-mineral density associated with taking statins in postmenopausal women.
Comment in
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Effects of statins.Lancet. 2000 Sep 30;356(9236):1195. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)72893-2. Lancet. 2000. PMID: 11030324 No abstract available.
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