Rheumatology, Osteoarthritis
7. Jul 2005
Oral salmon calcitonin induced suppression of urinary collagen type II degradation in postmenopausal women: a new potential treatment of osteoarthritis
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the efficacy of 3 months of oral salmon calcitonin (sCT) on cartilage degradation as estimated by the changes in the urinary excretion of C-terminal telopeptide of collagen type II (CTX-II), and to investigate whether the response of oral sCT to urinary CTX-II depends on the ba…
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Authors:
- Bagger YZ,
- Tankó LB,
- Alexandersen P,
- Karsdal MA,
- Olson M,
- Mindeholm L,
- Azria M,
- Christiansen C,