Etiologic factors in femoral head osteonecrosis in growing rats

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-56

  Suehiro, Masatsugu ^a   Hirano, Toru ^a   Mihara, Keiji ^a   Shindo, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Femoral head; Hyperactivity; Mechanical stress; Osteonecrosis; Rat; Structural cartilaginous strength

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHONDROPATHY; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0034050350     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760050008     Document Type: Article

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