Cerâmicas bioativas: estado da arte Bioactive ceramics: state of the arts

<abstract language="eng">Bioactive glasses undergo corrosion with leaching of alkaline ions when exposed to body fluids. This results in the spontaneous formation of a layer of hydroxyapatite (HA), the mineral component of natural bone, which in turn can induce bone growth in vivo. T...

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Main Authors: Ângela Leão Andrade, Rosana Zacarias Domingues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2006-02-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422006000100019