Morphological and structural characteristics of the myopathic bone
Mongiorgi, R.; Ballestrazzi, A.C.; Granata, C.; Bertocchi, G.; Maggi, G.; Gnudi, S.; Gandolfi, M.G.
Bollettino della Societa Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale 69(5): 287-294
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-8771 PMID: 8129910 Document Number: 411408
The aim of the present paper was to study the myopathic bone both from the morphological and structural viewpoints. To this end, samples from 8 patients affected by different neuromuscular diseases (DMD, SMA and CMD) have been examined. Thus, by SEM analysis a quantitative reduction of the trabeculae and an increase in porosity of the myopathic bone were found and also, by diffractometric analysis, the presence of pathologic crystalline phases (beta-TCP and beta-TCP-Mg).