Sensitivity to metals in 40 patients with failed hip endoprosthesis

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 383-386

  Milavec Puretic V ^a   Orlic D ^a   Marusic A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CHROMIUM; COBALT; METAL; NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REOPERATION; SAFETY; TISSUE REACTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CROATIA; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN TESTS; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0031904805     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050272     Document Type: Article

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