Age-related changes of vertical and horizontal lumbar vertebral trabecular 3D bone microstructure is different in women and men

Bone

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-55

  Thomsen, Jesper Skovhus ^a   Niklassen, Andreas Steenholt ^a   Ebbesen, Ebbe Nils ^a   Brüel, Annemarie ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Bone CT; Bone structure; Human vertebra; Sex differences; Static histomorphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRABECULAR BONE; TRABECULAR THICKNESS;

AGING; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE ΜCT; HUMAN VERTEBRA; SEX DIFFERENCES; STATIC HISTOMORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882793885     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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