The effect of protein-energy malnutrition on appositional bone growth in the rat.
During protein-energy malnutrition appositional bone growth in the seventh caudal vertebra of the rat slows and finally ceases. During rehabilitation appositional growth begins agains and attains a rate in excess of that of the controls. This may account for alterations in skeletal proportions resulting from malnutrition.
D000818:Animals; D001846:Bone Development; D008297:Male; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051381:Rats; D013131:Spine / Q000254:growth & development; D013997:Time Factors