Short-Term Effects of Kefir-Fermented Milk Consumption on Bone Mineral Density and Bone Metabolism in a Randomized Clinical Trial of Osteoporotic Patients

• Min-Yu Tu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Min-Yu Tu, Hsiao-Ling Chen

  Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, and Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Taichung Armed Forces General Hospital, Taichung 411, Taiwan, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hungkuang University, Taichung 433, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan

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• Hsiao-Ling Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Min-Yu Tu, Hsiao-Ling Chen

  Affiliation Department of Bioresources, Da-Yeh University, Changhua 515, Taiwan

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• Yu-Tang Tung,

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, and Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan

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• Chao-Chih Kao,

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, and Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan

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• Fu-Chang Hu,

  Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine and School of Nursing College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan

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• Chuan-Mu Chen

  * E-mail: chchen1@dragon.nchu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, and Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, and the iEGG Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan

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