Standardized nomenclature, symbols, and units for bone histomorphometry: A 2012 update of the report of the ASBMR Histomorphometry Nomenclature Committee

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-17

  Dempster, David W ^a,b   Compston, Juliet E ^c   Drezner, Marc K ^d   Glorieux, Francis H ^e   Kanis, John A ^f   Malluche, Hartmut ^g   Meunier, Pierre J ^h   Ott, Susan M ⁱ   Recker, Robert R ^j   Parfitt, A Michael ^k  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h INSERM   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE REMODELING; BONE TURNOVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; EPIPHYSIS; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; METAPHYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NOMENCLATURE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; STEREOLOGY; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH REPORT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84872866350     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.1805     Document Type: Review

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