Serum Concentrations of Estrogen, Testosterone and Gonadotropins in Osteoporotic and Nonosteoporotic Postmenopausal Women
- 1 June 1973
- journal article
- other
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Vol. 36 (6) , 1097-1099
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-36-6-1097
Abstract
In a group of women with vertebral compression fractures due to postmenopausal osteoporosis, values for plasma testosterone, serum estrogen, and serum gonadotropins were not significantly different from those in an agematched control group. The results do not support the suggestion that women in whom clinically apparent osteoporosis develops postmenopausally have a greater postmenopausal decline in sex hormone production. We conclude that some factor (or factors) in addition to the menopause is present in osteoporotic patients that accelerates bone loss.Keywords
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