Effects of sodium fluoride and alendronate on the bone mineral in minipigs: A small-angle X-ray scattering and backscattered electron imaging study

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 248-253

  Fratzl, Peter ^a,b   Schreiber, Sabine ^b   Roschger, Paul ^a   Lafage, Marie Helene ^c,d   Rodan, Gideon ^c   Klaushofer, Klaus ^a  

^a HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Lab de Biologie du Tissu Osseux   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUORIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; SWINE; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0030063707     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650110214     Document Type: Article

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