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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug;83(2):161-162.
doi: 10.1111/cod.13590. Epub 2020 May 26.

Allergic contact dermatitis due to titanium in a total knee replacement

Kate Dear  1 , Aaron E Boyce  1 , Adriene Lee  1
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Case Reports

Allergic contact dermatitis due to titanium in a total knee replacement

Kate Dear et al. Contact Dermatitis. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: allergic contact dermatitis; case report; joint replacement; titanium.

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