Collagen fibril diameter in relation to bone site and to calcium/phosphorus ratio

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Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 1109-1113

  Berillis, Panagiotis ^a   Emfietzoglou, Dimitris ^a   Tzaphlidou, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calcium phosphorus ratio; Collagen fibrils; Cortical bone; Diameter; Electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLLAGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FIBER; GENDER; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMUR NECK; TIBIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CALCIUM; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOSPHORUS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIBIA;

EID: 33748871150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2006.212     Document Type: Article

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