A synthetic hydroxyapatite implant: The so-called counterfeit implant

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 244-249

  Jordan, David R ^a,b   Munro, Shane M ^a   Brownstein, Seymour ^a   Gilberg, Stephen M ^a   Grahovac, Steve Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydroxyapatite; Orbital implant

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXIDE; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031879853     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002341-199807000-00004     Document Type: Article

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