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Effectiveness of synthetic hydroxyapatite versus Persian Gulf coral in an animal model of long bone defect reconstruction
BACKGROUND: There is a continuing search for bone substitutes to avoid or minimize the need for autogenous bone grafts. Hydroxyapatite, a crystalline phase of calcium phosphate found naturally in bone minerals, has shown tremendous promise as a graft material. Coral is an osteoconductive material us...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828488/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23989855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-013-0261-z |