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Case Reports
. 2024 Dec;91(6):524-526.
doi: 10.1111/cod.14667. Epub 2024 Aug 12.

Titanium allergy to a hip implant presenting with a generalised rash and keratoderma

James Fuller  1 , Georgia Frost  2 , Hamish Gray  3 , Claire Ronaldson  1 , Rosemary Nixon  1
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Case Reports

Titanium allergy to a hip implant presenting with a generalised rash and keratoderma

James Fuller et al. Contact Dermatitis. 2024 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: allergy; case report; erythroderma; generalised rash; hip replacement; keratoderma; patch testing; titanium.

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