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Correct Answer: Tetracycline labelling
Description: Reference Robbins page no 358 6th edition Tetracycline is absorbed into bone and so it is used as a marker of bone growth for biopsies in humans. Tetracycline binds to newly formed bone at the bone interface where it shows as a linear fluroscencse. Tetracycline labelling is used to determine the amount of bone growth within a ceain period of time
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