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Tetracycline-based histological analysis of bone remodeling

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    Harold M. Frost (Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Director of Orthopaedic Research Laboratory)

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Frost, H.M. Tetracycline-based histological analysis of bone remodeling. Calc. Tis Res. 3, 211–237 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02058664

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