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11th European Congress of Endocrinology

Plenary Lectures

Current and novel treatment targets for bone diseases

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Current and novel treatment targets for bone diseases

Papapoulos Socrates

During the past few years there have been significant developments in the pharmacotherapy of bone diseases, especially of osteoporosis, and effective treatments have become available to physicians. These developments were paralleled by significant progress in our understanding of the local regulation of bone metabolism. Particularly, studies of human and animal genetics have led to identification of novel, more specific, signaling pathways in bone cells that can provide target...