Sexual dimorphism and age dependence of osteocyte lacunar density for human vertebral cancellous bone

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-162

  Vashishth, Deepak ^a   Gibson, Gary J ^b   Fyhrie, David P ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bone loss; Bone volume fraction; Cancellous bone; Dimorphism; Osteocyte; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCYTES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 13544259651     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20146     Document Type: Article

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