The impact of muscular dystrophy on limb bone growth and scaling in mice

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 199-208

  German, R Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Epigenesis; Heterochrony; Mouse; Muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; GENOTYPE; HUMERUS; MOUSE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENOTYPE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031738568     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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