Age-related hypermineralization in the female proximal human femur

Anatomical Record

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 202-211

  Vajda, Eric G ^a   Bloebaum, Roy D ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Backscattered electron imaging; Cortical bone; Hypermineralization; Proximal femur

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCIFICATION; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METAPHYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033151532     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990601)255:2<202::AID-AR10>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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