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Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica Volume 50, 1979 - Issue 6
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Original Article

The Periosteal Control of Long Bone Growth: An Experimental Study in the Rat

G. R. Houghton Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, England
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S. Dekel Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, England
Pages 635-637 | Accepted 24 Mar 1979, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Longitudinal growth of immature rat femurs was studied in diffusion chambers after circumferential periosteal division and stripping. After 14 days significant (P < 0.02) overgrowth of the periosteally divided femurs had occurred. The reason for the observed growth stimulation is discussed.

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