Bone allograft contamination in multiorgan and tissue donors

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 156-158

  Segur, J M ^a   Suso, S ^a   Garcia S ^a   Combalia A ^a   Ramon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032413446     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050337     Document Type: Article

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