Susceptibility of Males, but Not Females to Developing Femoral Head Osteonecrosis in Response to Alcohol Consumption.

We previously reported that ethanol-containing liquid diet feeding induces osteonecrosis of the femoral head in male rats. Also, it was reported that a large amount of consumed ethanol and a long-term history of drinking were risk factors for osteonecrosis of the femoral head, and that the frequency...

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Main Authors: Junya Shimizu, Shunichiro Okazaki, Satoshi Nagoya, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Kumiko Kanaya, Keisuke Mizuo, Hideki Hyodoh, Satoshi Watanabe, Toshihiko Yamashita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5082908?pdf=render

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