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Strontium is incorporated into mineral crystals only in newly formed bone during strontium ranelate treatment

  1. Chenghao Li1,
  2. Oskar Paris1,3,
  3. Stefan Siegel1,
  4. Paul Roschger2,
  5. Eleftherios P Paschalis2,
  6. Klaus Klaushofer2,
  7. Peter Fratzl1,*

Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.091038

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 5, pages 968–975, May 2010

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Li, C., Paris, O., Siegel, S., Roschger, P., Paschalis, E. P., Klaushofer, K. and Fratzl, P. (2010), Strontium is incorporated into mineral crystals only in newly formed bone during strontium ranelate treatment. J Bone Miner Res, 25: 968–975. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.091038

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  1. 1

    Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Research Campus Golm, Potsdam, Germany

  2. 2

    Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 4th Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria

  3. 3

    Institute of Physics, University of Leoben, Leoben, Austria

*Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Research Campus Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 APR 2010
  2. Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 27 JAN 2010 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 22 OCT 2009
  5. Manuscript Revised: 6 SEP 2009
  6. Manuscript Received: 23 APR 2009

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