Magnesium whitlockite, a calcium phosphate crystal of special interest in pathology

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 329-335

  Lagier, René ^a   Baud, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apatite; Dystrophic calcifications; Magnesium; Pathology; Tuberculosis; Whitlockite

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; PROTEOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNESIUM METABOLISM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0043198199     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00425     Document Type: Article

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