Effect of age on bone mineral density and micro architecture in the radius and tibia of horses: An Xtreme computed tomographic study

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fürst, A ^a   Meier, D ^a   Michel, S ^b   Schmidlin, A ^b   Held, L ^c   Laib, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SCANCO MEDICAL AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIBIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; RADIUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42449123153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-3     Document Type: Article

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