Role of cortical bone in bone fragility

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 406-413

  Bala, Yohann ^a,b   Zebaze, Roger ^c,d   Seeman, Ego ^c,d  

^a LABORATOIRE VIBRATIONS ACOUSTIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone microstructure; Bone strength; Cortical porosity; Noninvasive imaging

Indexed keywords

BONE FRAGILITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETON; TRABECULAR BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; POROSITY;

EID: 84942606885     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: 15316963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0000000000000183     Document Type: Review

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