"Bone Substitutes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Synthetic or natural materials for the replacement of bones or bone tissue. They include hard tissue replacement polymers, natural coral, hydroxyapatite, beta-tricalcium phosphate, and various other biomaterials. The bone substitutes as inert materials can be incorporated into surrounding tissue or gradually replaced by original tissue.
| Descriptor ID |
D018786
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D25.130.325 J01.637.051.130.325
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| Concept/Terms |
Bone Substitutes- Bone Substitutes
- Replacement Material, Bone
- Replacement Materials, Bone
- Materials, Bone Replacement
- Bone Substitute
- Substitute, Bone
- Substitutes, Bone
- Bone Replacement Material
- Material, Bone Replacement
- Bone Replacement Materials
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bone Substitutes" by people in Profiles.
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Hou R, Chen F, Yang Y, Cheng X, Gao Z, Yang HO, Wu W, Mao T. Comparative study between coral-mesenchymal stem cells-rhBMP-2 composite and auto-bone-graft in rabbit critical-sized cranial defect model. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2007 Jan; 80(1):85-93.
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Alves CM, Yang Y, Carnes DL, Ong JL, Sylvia VL, Dean DD, Agrawal CM, Reis RL. Modulating bone cells response onto starch-based biomaterials by surface plasma treatment and protein adsorption. Biomaterials. 2007 Jan; 28(2):307-15.
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Tang Z, Kotov NA, Magonov S, Ozturk B. Nanostructured artificial nacre. Nat Mater. 2003 Jun; 2(6):413-8.