Lee M, Myers G S
Experientia. 1979 Jun 15;35(6):824-5. doi: 10.1007/BF01968275.
During protein-energy malnutrition appositional bone growth in the seventh caudal vertebra of the rat slows and finally ceases. During rehabilitation appositional growth begins agains and attains a rate in excess of that of the controls. This may account for alterations in skeletal proportions resulting from malnutrition.