COMPUTATIONAL MODEL OF ALENDRONATE EFFECTS ON CANINE RIB REMODELING AND MICRODAMAGE

Bisphosphonates are a class of drugs used to prevent and treat bone diseases by inhibiting the resorption of bone by osteoclasts and suppressing bone remodeling. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that develops when bone resorption exceeds bone formation which results in an increase in bone porosity an...

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Main Author: Huang, Emily
Format: Others
Published: DigitalCommons@CalPoly 2009
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/151
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=theses