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. 2012 Feb;83(1):99; author reply 99-100.
doi: 10.3109/17453674.2011.652893. Epub 2012 Jan 17.

Obesity in total hip arthroplasty-does it really matter?

Anne Lübbeke
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Obesity in total hip arthroplasty-does it really matter?

Anne Lübbeke. Acta Orthop. 2012 Feb.
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