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  • Title: Hormonal prevention and treatment of osteoporosis--state of the art 1990.
    Author: Christiansen C.
    Journal: J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol; 1990 Nov 20; 37(3):447-9. PubMed ID: 2257248.
    Abstract:
    Osteoporosis is a growing disease, and attention should be directed to possible means of preventing and treating this disease. Osteoporosis may be caused by a number of diseases (secondary osteoporosis), but it most often occurs in otherwise healthy persons. The major risk factors are a low bone mass at skeletal maturity, and a rapid bone loss. Postmenopausal bone loss may be prevented by hormone replacement therapy. All types of oestrogens and all administration forms are effective, as long as a sufficient serum concentration is obtained. The greatest benefit of hormone replacement therapy is obtained if instituted right after the menopause, when the bone loss is most rapid. But oestrogen will also arrest the bone loss when instituted much later in life.
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