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. 1979 Aug;5(2):225-40.

Quantitative analysis of the bone destroying activity of osteocytes and osteoclasts in experimental disuse osteoporosis

G Marotti, N Delrio, F Marotti, M Fadda
  • PMID: 548516

Quantitative analysis of the bone destroying activity of osteocytes and osteoclasts in experimental disuse osteoporosis

G Marotti et al. Ital J Orthop Traumatol. 1979 Aug.

Abstract

With the aim of analysing the role played by osteocytes in phospho-calcic homeostasis and in bone metabolism, the amount of bone tissue respectively reabsorbed by osteocytes and by osteoclasts had morphometrically been evaluated in unloaded skeletal segments.

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