Autoantibodies to red cells associated with metallosis - A case report

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 495-496

  Nakamura, Seigo ^a   Yasunaga, Yuji ^a   Ikuta, Yoshikazu ^a   Shimogaki, Kouichi ^a   Hamada, Norikazu ^a   Takata, Noboru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CHROMIUM; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN; METAL; NICKEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0030715007     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679708996269     Document Type: Article

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