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Characterization of the bone phenotype and fracture repair in osteopetrotic incisors absent rats.
Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society - 1 May 2011
McDonald Michelle M, Morse Alyson, Peacock Lauren, Mikulec Kathy, Schindeler Aaron, Little David G
Abstract excerpt
Osteopetrotic patients possess a genetic condition that leads to a deficiency in osteoclast number or function. Patients have a high bone density and suffer from an increased risk of fracture. The lack of normal osteoclast activity has the potential to impede repair by complicating orthopedic fixation and/or by affecting the biology of fracture healing. The naturally occurring incisors absent (ia/ia) rat was...
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