Preparation of large calcified bone sections for fluorescence histomorphometry

Journal of Histotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-96

  Cooke, Mary E ^a,c   Kalscheur, Vicki L ^b   Wilson, David G ^b   Zdeblick, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical disc fusion (ACDF); Bone apposition rate; Bone graft; Fluorescent label

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; REVASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033043082     PISSN: 01478885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/his.1999.22.2.93     Document Type: Article

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