Lanthanides and their complexes for the treatment of bone density disorders
Lanthanides are of interest in the treatment of bone density disorders because they are found to accumulate preferentially in bone (in vivo), have a stimulatory effect on bone formation, and exhibit an inhibitory effect on bone degradation (in vitro), altering the homeostasis of the bone cycle. I...
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University of British Columbia
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43054 |