Sex differences of human trabecular bone microstructure in aging are site-dependent

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 817-824

  Eckstein, Felix ^a,b   Matsuura, Maiko ^b   Kuhn, Volker ^b,c   Priemel, Mathias ^d   Müller, Ralph ^e   Link, Thomas M ^f   Lochmüller, Eva Maria ^b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d University of Medical School Hamburg Eppendorf   (Germany)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Microstructure; Osteoporosis; Sex; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIAC CREST; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; ANISOTROPY; BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; ILIAC BONE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANISOTROPY; BONE AND BONES; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; ILIUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548241842     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.070301     Document Type: Article

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