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Bone mineral crystal size

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The author's work described in this paper was supported by National Institutes of Health grants AR41325, AR037661, and DE04141. The author appreciates the contributions of Drs. Mendelsohn, Camacho, and Paschalis and Ms. Atti to the FTIRI and FTIRM analysis of bone. Imaging data were collected in the IR Imaging Core at the Hospital for Special Surgery, supported by National Institutes of Health Core Center for Skeletal Integrity Grant AR46121.

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Adele Boskey. Bone mineral crystal size. Osteoporos Int 14 (Suppl 5), 16–21 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-003-1468-2

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