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Blood vessels in the epiphyseal cartilage of vitamin A-deficient rats

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Abstract

A deficiency of vitamin A in the diet of weanling rats resulted in a vascular penetration of the proximal tibial epiphyseal cartilage. This response might be due to either impaired diffusion in an altered cartilage matrix or as a result of microfractures in the growth disc.

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Une deficience alimentaire en vitamine A provoque chez le rat sevré une pénétration vasculaire dans le cartilage épiphysaire proximal du tibia. Ce fait peut être lié soit à un trouble de diffusion dans la matrice cartilagineuse altérée soit à des microfractures dans la métaphyse.

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Ein Vitamin A-Mangel in der Nahrung von entwöhnten Ratten erzeught ein Eindringen von Gefäßen in den Epiphysenknorpel des proximalen Tibiaendes. Diese Wirkung könnte entweder durch eine gestörte Diffusion in der veränderten Knorpelmatrix oder infolge von Mikrofrakturen in der Wachstumsfuge entstehen.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y., 11203, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.

    Burton S. Sherman

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Sherman, B.S. Blood vessels in the epiphyseal cartilage of vitamin A-deficient rats. Calc. Tis Res. 1, 192–196 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02008090

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