Alcohol and bone.
It is well known that the prolonged use of excess alcohol causes a multiplicity of abnormal clinical, biochemical and electrophysiological changes that are associated with diseases of the liver, neuromuscular system, heart and brain. It is less well appreciated that the long-term use of excess alcohol also effect bone and may play an important role in the causation of extensive bone loss, and osteoporosis.
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Clinical Biochemistry Department, Kings College, School of Medicine, London, UK.
D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000187:drug effects*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000187:drug effects; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood
D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D000431:Ethanol; D006854:Hydrocortisone