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Variability of in vivo linear microcrack accumulation in the cortex of elderly human ribs

Excessive accumulation of microdamage in the skeleton in vivo is believed to contribute to fragility and risk of fracture, particularly in the elderly. Current knowledge of how much in vivo damage accrual varies between individuals, if at all, is lacking. In this study, paired sixth ribs from five m...

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Autores principales: Agnew, Amanda M., Dominguez, Victoria M., Sciulli, Paul W., Stout, Sam D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5365308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28377983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bonr.2017.02.004