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Subject: "osteonecrosis is caused by elevated oxygen tension"
From: david@la*.St*.ED* (Peter R. David)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 08:15:16 -0700

        Just a small biological note; the Haversian canals through
which nutrients (and O2) travel within bones are amongst the very
finest pores or channels in the human body.  The lamalae that surround
them are even finer and provide connection between osteocytes within 
the bone.  Thus the channels might trap exceedingly small bubbles
that are asymptomatic in the rest of the body.   But who knows?

Peter David

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