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Figure 4

From: Accessing the biocompatibility of layered double hydroxide by intramuscular implantation: histological and microcirculation evaluation

Figure 4

Histological aspect after 28 days of the implants showing the final tissue reconstruction and the persistence of implanted LDH tablets.

Mg2Al-Cl (Superior row); Zn2Al-Cl (Middle row). Sham control group results (Inferior row) showed a normal aspect of tissue. (*) LDH tablet; (↔) new tissue; (→ white) collagen invagination; (► white) collagen type-I; (► green) collagen type –III; (→ blue) space between abdominal wall muscle layers; (#) adipose tissue. Hematoxylin-eosin (left and middle column) and Picrosirius red with birefringence (right column).

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