Super-osteons (remodeling clusters) in the cortex of the femoral shaft: Influence of age and gender

Anatomical Record

Volumn 264, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 378-386

  Bell, Karen L ^a,c   Loveridge, Nigel ^a   Reeve, Jonathan ^a   Thomas, Christopher D L ^b   Feik, Sophie A ^b   Clement, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NHS AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cortical remodeling; Femur; Osteonal clusters; Porosity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; CELL DENSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT; GENDER; HAVERSIAN CANAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPEROSTEON;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE REMODELING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POROSITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035576307     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.10014     Document Type: Article

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