Compositional Changes of the Xiphoid Process and Costal Cartilage with Aging

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-137

  Furuta, Kazuhiko ^a   Tohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tohno, Setsuko ^a   Moriwake, Yumi ^a   Minami, Takeshi ^b   Takano, Yasuo ^c   Azuma, Cho ^a   Takakura, Yoshinori ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Calcium; Cartilage; Costal cartilage; Phosphorus; Sulfur; Xiphoid process

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFUR; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; RIB CARTILAGE; STERNUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRACE ELEMENTS; XIPHOID BONE;

EID: 0346186209     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:95:2:123     Document Type: Article

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