Abstract
Summary
Glycogen is present in rachitic cartilage only in the most recently matured hypertrophic cells. The broad zone of hypertrophic cells beneath is devoid of glycogen. This localization coincides with the area where inorganic elements deposit during the initial stages of healing and furnishes further evidence for the relationship of glycogen, and possibly the glycogenolytic cycle, to the calcification mechanism.
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