The role of leptin during the progression of osteoporosis was investigated in ovariectomized rats by correlation of serum leptin levels with N-telopeptide of collagen type I (NTx) and osteocalcin levels before ovariectomy and 20, 40 and 60 days after the operation...
Keywords: leptin, N-telopeptide of collagen type I (NTx), osteocalcin, Osteoporosis, ovariectomy
12/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter