Age- And gender-dependent changes in three-dimensional microstructure of cortical and trabecular bone at the human femoral neck

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 627-636

  Chen, H ^a   Zhou, X ^a   Shoumura, S ^b   Emura, S ^c   Bunai, Y ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHUBU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortical porosity; Femoral neck; Microct; Three dimensional microstructure trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE VOLUME; CANAL DIAMETER; CANAL NUMBER; CANAL SEPARATION; CONNECTIVITY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DEGREE OF ANISOTROPY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE MODEL INDEX; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE; TRABECULAR BONE NUMBER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POROSITY; SEX FACTORS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77950928665     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-009-0993-z     Document Type: Article

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