Structural development of the mineralized tissue in the human L4 vertebral body

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 126-136

  Roschger, P ^a   Grabner, B M ^a,b   Rinnerthaler, S ^a   Tesch, W ^a,b   Kneissel, M ^a   Berzlanovich, A ^c   Klaushofer, K ^a   Fratzl, P ^b  

^a Unfallkrankenhaus Meidling   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age development; Backscattered electron imaging; Collagen mineral composite; Histomorphometry; Mineral particles; Mineralization density distribution.; Scanning SAXS; Vertebral body

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCIUM BONE LEVEL; CANCELLOUS BONE; CARTILAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; INFANT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 0035782971     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2001.4427     Document Type: Article

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