Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 2-8 , January 2012

Effects of glucocorticoid on BMD, micro-architecture and biomechanics of cancellous and cortical bone mass in OVX rabbits

  • Xuli Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, 15 Changle West Road, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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  • Wei Lei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, 15 Changle West Road, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 029 84771011; fax: +86 029 84771011.
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  • Zixiang Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, 15 Changle West Road, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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  • Yi Cui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, 15 Changle West Road, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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  • Baojun Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, 15 Changle West Road, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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  • Suochao Fu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, 15 Changle West Road, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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  • Changli Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Lab, Kunming General Hospital of Chengdu Military Area Command of Chinese PLA, Daguan Roast, Kunming, Yunnan 650032, China

Received 10 December 2010 ,Revised 12 May 2011 ,Accepted 18 June 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.06.010

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 2-8 , January 2012

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