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Nature Medicine 6, 21 - 23 (2000)
doi:10.1038/71484

Statins: lower lipids and better bones?

M.J. Rogers1

  1. Bone Research Group, Dept of Medicine & Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK. e-mail: m.j.rogers@abdn.ac.uk


Although statins are widely used as cholesterol-lowering drugs, a recent study suggests that these compounds have anabolic effects on bone and could be developed into new treatments for common metabolic bone diseases such as osteoporosis


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