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An approach to compare the quality of cancellous bone from the femoral necks of healthy and osteoporotic patients through compression testing and microcomputed tomography imaging
It is estimated that osteoporosis is responsible for about 300 000 hip fractures per year in the United States. Effective prevention of these fractures has been demonstrated using bisphosphonates. However, their mechanism of action has not been elucidated. Furthermore, the precise effect of bisphosp...
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McGill University
2006
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323530/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18523625 |