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. 2018 Dec;6(12):e1.
doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.17.00169.

Metal Hypersensitivity in Total Joint Arthroplasty

Nima Eftekhary  1 , Nicholas Shepard, Daniel Wiznia, Richard Iorio, William John Long, Jonathan Vigdorchik
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Metal Hypersensitivity in Total Joint Arthroplasty

Nima Eftekhary et al. JBJS Rev. 2018 Dec.
No abstract available

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