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Carlo Meneghini1, Maria Chiara Dalconi, Stefania Nuzzo, Settimio Mobilio, Rudy H Wenk.
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Bioapatite, the main constituent of mineralized tissue in mammalian bones, is a calcium-phosphate-based mineral that is similar in structure and composition to hydroxyapatite. In this work, the crystallographic structure of bioapatite in human fetuses was investigated by synchrotron radiation x-ray diffraction (XRD) and microdiffraction ( micro -XRD) techniques. Rietveld refinement analyses of XRD and micro -XRD data allow for quantitative probing of the structural modifications of bioapatite as functions of the mineralization process and gestational age.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12609904 PMCID: PMC1302771 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75010-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033