title: The role of octacalcium phosphate in subcutaneous heterotopic calcification.
abstract: Comparison of lattice parameters and morphology of some of the microcrystallites in a subcutaneous heterotopic calcification reported by Daculsi et al. [1] with those of heat-treated octacalcium phosphate (OCP) suggests that OCP is one of the mineral phases in dense globules and one of the precursors for the apatite.
mesh_terms: D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D003461:Crystallography; D006358:Hot Temperature; D010012:Osteogenesis
chemical_list: D002130:Calcium Phosphates