Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 373-382 , July 2008

Shape, Structural Properties, and Cortical Stability Along the Femoral Neck: A Study Using Clinical QCT

  • Lang Yang

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Lang Yang, PhD, Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK.
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  • Ivana Maric

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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  • Eugene V. McCloskey

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
    • ,
  • Richard Eastell

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Received 5 June 2007 ,Revised 28 April 2008 ,Accepted 30 April 2008.

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PII: S1094-6950(08)00069-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2008.04.008

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 373-382 , July 2008

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