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ArticleCalcified tissue international1993

The aged male rat as a model for human osteoporosis: evaluation by nondestructive measurements and biomechanical testing.

D Vanderschueren, E Van Herck, P Schot, E Rush, T Einhorn, P Geusens, R Bouillon

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Article in Calcified tissue international, 1993. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mineral changes in osteoporosis: a review.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2006
    Review
  2. Animal models for fracture treatment in osteoporosis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2005
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  3. Mandibular bone loss in an animal model of male osteoporosis (orchidectomized rat): a radiographic and densitometric study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2004
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  5. Androgens and bone.Calcified tissue international · 1995
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

D VanderschuerenLaboratorium voor Experimentele Geneeskunde en Endocrinologie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
E Van Herck
P Schot
E Rush
T Einhorn
P Geusens
R Bouillon
KU Leuven · BEMount Sinai Hospital · USSNV Netherlands Development Organisation · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effects of androgen deficiency and androgen replacement on bone density, as measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and single photon absorptiometry (SPA), cortical ratio (cortical thickness/outside bone diameter x 100), and biomechanical properties were evaluated in 14-month-old (1 month after orchiectomy (orch) or sham-operation) and in 17-month-old (4 months after orch or sham) male rats. Whole femoral bone mineral content (BMC) and density (BMD) measured with DXA were not significantly decreased 1 month after orch. Whole femoral BMC and BMD were 10% and 8% lower in 4 months after orch (P < 0.01 and P < 0.001, respectively). This decrease was prevented by testosterone replacement. There was an excellent correlation (R = 0.99) between whole femoral BMC and femoral ash weight. Selective scanning of cortical and cancellous sites of the femur showed that both cancellous and cortical BMC and BMD were significantly decreased 4 months after orch. SPA of the right tibia confirmed a 7% decrease in cancellous BMC and BMD 4 months after orch (preventable by testosterone) but not in cortical BMD and BMC. Femoral cortical ratio decreased with age (47 +/- 2 in 14-month-old and 40 +/- 2 in 17-month-old sham rats versus 63 +/- 1 in 6-month-old male rats) due to a continuously enlarging femoral shaft. Androgen deficiency resulted in an even greater decrease of the cortical ratio 4 months after orch (36 +/- 2 in 17-month-old orch rats) that was again prevented by testosterone (47 +/- 3).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Disease Models, AnimalAbsorptiometry, PhotonAgingAndrogensAnimalsBone DensityFemurHumansMaleOsteoporosisRatsRats, WistarStress, MechanicalTibiaAndrogens

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PMID8287323
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