Changes in metabolic activity of various epiphyses with age
Wanken, J.J.; Eyring, E.J.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 85: 156-162
1972
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-921X PMID: 5036918 Document Number: 5070
Strontium-87m was used as a tracer to study the contribution of the epiphyses of the lower extremity to skeletal growth in the rat. The use of this relatively short half-life isotope facilitates handling of radioactive tracer material and permits safe studies in growing animals. The study demonstrated that there is a variation in the metabolic activity of the different epiphyses with respect to time. There also was variation in the activity of each epiphysis with respect to the distal femoral epiphysis.
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