This core facility provides high quality histological services and is available to assist investigators in the bone disease program within Texas Medical Center, as well as, researchers working with ...
The osteology laboratory includes facilities for the preparation and analysis of histological bone thin sections. A Leitz SP1600 diamond-tipped annular microtome is used to produce bone slices down to ...
Of the 22 patients whose iPTH level was within the KDOQI target range at the time of biopsy, only 2 had normal bone histology. Fourteen of the 22 patients had low-turnover bone disease ...
Results—Delayed bone scintigraphy showed normal appearance in 11 limbs, characteristic diffuse tubular pattern uptake in 16 limbs, and focal uptake in five. Periosteal histology disclosed fibrous ...