B. Lawrence Riggs

Top papers

• Involutional Osteoporosis

  B. Lawrence Riggs, L. Joseph Melton·1986·New England Journal of Medicine
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• Sex Steroids and the Construction and Conservation of the Adult Skeleton

  B. Lawrence Riggs, Sundeep Khosla, L. Joseph Melton·2002·Endocrine Reviews
  ↗ 1,743OA
• The worldwide problem of osteoporosis: Insights afforded by epidemiology

  B. Lawrence Riggs, L. Joseph Melton·1995·Bone
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• Perspective how many women have osteoporosis?

  Lee J. Melton, Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, Cyrus Cooper, et al.·1992·Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
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• Evidence of Estrogen Receptors in Normal Human Osteoblast-Like Cells

  Erik Fink Eriksen, Douglas S. Colvard, Nicholas J. Berg, et al.·1988·Science
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• Differential changes in bone mineral density of the appendicular and axial skeleton with aging: relationship to spinal osteoporosis.

  B. Lawrence Riggs, Heinz W. Wahner, W L Dunn, et al.·1981·Journal of Clinical Investigation
  ↗ 1,196OA
• The Roles of Osteoprotegerin and Osteoprotegerin Ligand in the Paracrine Regulation of Bone Resorption

  Lorenz C. Hofbauer, Sundeep Khosla, Colin R. Dunstan, et al.·2000·Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
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• A Unitary Model for Involutional Osteoporosis: Estrogen Deficiency Causes Both Type I and Type II Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women and Contributes to Bone Loss in Aging Men

  B. Lawrence Riggs, Sundeep Khosla, L. Joseph Melton·1998·Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
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• Effect of Fluoride Treatment on the Fracture Rate in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis

  B. Lawrence Riggs, Stephen F. Hodgson, W. Michael O’Fallon, et al.·1990·New England Journal of Medicine
  ↗ 1,091OA
• Selective Estrogen-Receptor Modulators — Mechanisms of Action and Application to Clinical Practice

  B. Lawrence Riggs, Lynn C. Hartmann·2003·New England Journal of Medicine
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• Relationship of Serum Sex Steroid Levels and Bone Turnover Markers with Bone Mineral Density in Men and Women: A Key Role for Bioavailable Estrogen1

  Sundeep Khosla, L. Joseph Melton, Elizabeth J. Atkinson, et al.·1998·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  ↗ 929OA
• EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURES IN WOMEN

  L. Joseph Melton, Stephen H. Kan, Mark A. Frye, et al.·1989·American Journal of Epidemiology
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