Mechanical properties in long bones of rat osteopetrotic mutations.

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Osteopetrosis is a metabolic bone disease with increased skeletal density radiographically and increased risk of fracture. Experimental studies with rat osteopetrotic mutations have shown increased bone density and decreased bone strength. However, it is not known if this reduction in bone strength is only due to changes in structure and geometry or if the tissue properties of bone material itself are changed as...

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