N-acetylcysteine (NAC), an anti-oxidant, does not improve bone mechanical properties in a rat model of progressive chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder

• Matthew R. Allen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: matallen@iu.edu

  Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University—Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America, Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1174-9004

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• Joseph Wallace,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University—Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

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• Erin McNerney,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

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• Jeffry Nyman,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States of America

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• Keith Avin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

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• Neal Chen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

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• Sharon Moe

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America, Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

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