Bone formation with the combination of simvastatin and calcium sulfate in critical-sized rat calvarial defect

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 384-386

  Nyan, Myat ^a   Sato, Daisuke ^a   Oda, Mitsumasa ^a   Machida, Tetsu ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Takahiro ^a   Kasugai, Shohei ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone formation; Calcium sulfate; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; SIMVASTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE REGENERATION; CALVARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; RAT; SKULL DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE;

EID: 34548499895     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.SC0070184     Document Type: Article

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