Alendronate preserves femoral head shape and height/length ratios in an experimental rat model: A computer-assisted analysis

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-26

  Peled, Eli ^a,b   Bejar, Jacob ^a   Zinman, Chaim ^a   Reis, Daniel N ^a   Boss, Jochanan H ^a   Ben Noon, Hadar ^a   Norman, Doron ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Alendronate; Avascular necrosis; Femoral head; Morphometry; Rat model

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049097262     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.44630     Document Type: Article

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