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IN previous investigations1–3, it was found that a systemic metabolic skeletal response was elicited by local injury caused by mechanical force, heat, cold, an electric current, ultrasound and ionizing radiations. This reaction is thought to be a part of a mechanism to signalize the occurrence of damage, inducing a reparative response which tends to normalize relations in the damaged area, and which radiates into the skeleton as a whole. Our hypothesis was that this reaction takes place primarily in the organic matter of bone, and because of this the metabolic aberrations are reflected not only in the organic, but also in the mineral, part of bone tissue.
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BABICKÝ, A., KOLÁŘ, J. & VYHNÁNEK, L. Generalized Skeletal Response to Local Injuries—a Part of Wide Mesenchymal Reaction. Nature 212, 410–411 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212410a0
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