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Arthritis Research Therapy Vol 5 No 5 Lane and Kelman Review A review of anabolic therapies for osteoporosis Nancy E Lane and Ariella Kelman Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Corresponding author: Nancy Lane (e-mail: nelane@) Received: 26 Jun 2003 Accepted: 10 Jul 2003 Published: 5 Aug 2003 Arthritis Res Ther 2003, 5:214-222 (DOI 10.1186/ar797) ? 2003 BioMed Central Ltd (Print ISSN 1478-6354; Online ISSN 1478-6362) Abstract Osteoporosis results from a loss of bone mass and bone structure such that the bone becomes weak and f