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Bone status in a mouse model of genetic hemochromatosis.
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA - 1 Aug 2011
Guggenbuhl P, Fergelot P, Doyard M, Libouban H, Roth M-P, Gallois Y, Chalès G, Loréal O, Chappard D
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UNLABELLED: Genetic hemochromatosis is a cause of osteoporosis; mechanisms leading to iron-related bone loss are not fully characterized. We assessed the bone phenotype of HFE (-/-) male mice, a mouse model of hemochromatosis. They had a phenotype of osteoporosis with low bone mass and alteration...
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