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Inhaltsangabe1 View of a Clinician: Sex Steroids and Osteoporosis.- 2 The Anabolic Action of Estrogen on Rat Bone.- 3 Progesterone and Its Role in Bone Remodelling.- 4 The Effect of Sex Steroids on Calciotropic Hormones In Vivo.- 5 Effects of Estrogen on Growth Factors in Bone.- 6 Estrogens, Cytokines, and Bone Metabolism.- 7 Sex Steroids and Prostaglandins in Bone Metabolism.- 8 Animal Models for Osteoporosis.- 9 The Rat as an Animal Model of Postmenopausal Bone Loss.- 10 Histomorphometric Studies of Bone Changes in Ovariectomized Rats and Their Prevention by Estrogen Replacement.- 11 Biochemical Assessment of Bone Metabolism in Rodents.