Lovastatin increases longitudinal bone growth and bone morphogenetic protein-2 levels in the growth plate of Sprague-Dawley rats

Eur J Pediatr. 2002 Jul;161(7):406-7. doi: 10.1007/s00431-002-0955-3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Development / drug effects*
  • Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / analysis
  • Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / drug effects*
  • Growth Plate / drug effects*
  • Injections, Intraperitoneal
  • Lovastatin / pharmacology*
  • Male
  • Models, Animal
  • Random Allocation
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Reference Values
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
  • Lovastatin