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Influence of prednisolone-induced osteoporosis on bone mass and bone quality of the mandible in rats

Y Kozai*, R Kawamata, T Sakurai, M Kanno and I Kashima

Division of Radiology, Department of Maxillofacial Diagnostic Science, Kanagawa Dental College, Yokosuka, Japan


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  		Figure 1 Experimental protocol. pQCT, peripheral quantitative CT

 

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  		Figure 2 Reconstructed three-dimensional images of the mandible in (a) the control and (b) the prednisolone treatment groups. There were no marked changes in internal structure. The mandibular cortical thickness of the prednisolone group showed thinness compared with control group (arrows)

 

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  		Figure 3 Relationship between (a) femoral cortical bone mineral content (BMC) and mandibular cortical BMC, and (b) between femoral cortical BMC and mandibular cortical thickness

 




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