Repair of the anophthalmic cavity of rats with synthetic hydroxyapatite
We placed spheres of synthetic hydroxyapatite (calcium chloride combined with sodium phosphate) in the eviscerated or enucleated orbital cavity of rats in order to evaluate the biocompatibility of this material with the orbital cavity. The study was conducted on 50 albino rats, 25 of which were subm...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
1997-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1997001000007 |