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Histological evaluation of the tibial growth plates (GPs) of 9 weeks old rats. Transverse tissue sections of 5 μm were prepared by microtome. GP width and number of cells has been measured in cell A software at 10 selected locations. (A) Safranin-O staining of the tibial GP. (B) GP width (µm); Number of cells. Values are expressed as mean ± SD of n = 5 rats/group, different superscript letters are significantly different (p < 0.05) by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test.
