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The Role of the Plasminogen Activator/Plasmin
Pathway in Bone Metabolism



By Evis Daci
December 2000
Leuven University Press
ISBN: 90-5867-081-3
108 Pages, Illustrated
$51.00 paper original


This Ph.D. dissertation includes discussions of cell biology of the bone, bone development and metabolism, the role of the plasminogen system in bone resoption, osteoblasts, in vivo studies, mice lacking the plasminogen activator 1, biochemical parameters of bone turnover, histomorphometric analysis, deficiencies of plasminogen activators, conclusions, references, publications.

Medical science
Acta Biomedica Lovanuensia No. 223