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Circulation to Bone

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Vascular Problems in Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Limbs

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Abstract

Circulation of blood through bone has a dual function: to supply nutrition to this structure and to contribute to the maintenance of homeostasis by acting as a depot for many ions and cations of body fluid. Although bone is a highly vascular tissue, experimental and clinical data regarding the architecture of its arterial and venous systems and the physiologic and pathologic responses of the local vessels are in many instances contradictory and fragmentary.

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  1. Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    David I. Abramson M.D., F.A.C.P. (Emeritus Professor of Medicine and of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Consultant, Veterans Administration Hospital (Hines) and West Side Veterans Administration Hospital, Former Head, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois College of Medicine)

  2. Chicago Medical School, University of Health Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Donald S. Miller M.D., Ph.D. (Clinical Proffessor of Orthopedic Surgery, Attending Surgeon, Cook County Hospital and Edgewater Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, Head, Department of Orthopedics, Oak Park Hospital, Oak Park, Illinois, Former Chairman, Section of Orthopedics, Oak Park Hospital, Oak Park, Illinois, Former Chairman, Section of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, Former Chairman, Section of Orthopedic Surgery, Cook County Postgraduate School, Chicago, Illinois)

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Abramson, D.I., Miller, D.S. (1981). Circulation to Bone. In: Vascular Problems in Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Limbs. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5862-9_3

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