Apatite Formation and Biocompatibility of a Low Young’s Modulus Ti-Nb-Sn Alloy Treated with Anodic Oxidation and Hot Water

• Hidetatsu Tanaka,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Yu Mori ,

  * E-mail: yu-mori@med.tohoku.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Atsushi Noro,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Atsushi Kogure,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Masayuki Kamimura,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Norikazu Yamada,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Shuji Hanada,

  Affiliation Institute for material research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Naoya Masahashi,

  Affiliation Institute for material research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Eiji Itoi

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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