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Table 2 Radiographic scores at 8 weeks

From: Enhancement of the effects of intermittent parathyroid hormone (1-34) by bone morphogenetic protein in a rat femoral open fracture model

Treatment group

 

No. studied radiographically

Score at 8 weeks (mean ± SD)

Group I

Carrier alone

11

1.18 ± 1.40

Group II

1 μg rhBMP-2

12

1.75 ± 1.42

Group III

Carrier + PTH

12

2.42 ± 1.73

Group IV

1 μg rhBMP-2 + PTH

11

2.55 ± 1.37

Group V

10 μg rhBMP-2

11

3.36 ± 1.21*

Group VI

10 μg rhBMP-2 + PTH

11

3.45 ± 1.04*

  1. *p < 0.05 (vs group I)