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Histomorphometry in Rodents

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Bone histomorphometry remains an important tool with which to study the pathophysiology of bone disease and the cellular mechanism by which treatments work. Here we review the methods for embedding, sectioning, staining, and analysis of bone sections in rodents.

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  1. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Biophysics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

    Reinhold G. Erben

  2. VetCore Facility for Research, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

    Martin Glösmann

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  1. Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    Aymen I. Idris

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Erben, R.G., Glösmann, M. (2019). Histomorphometry in Rodents. In: Idris, A. (eds) Bone Research Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1914. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8997-3_24

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