Deposition of calcium pyrophosphate in tissue after revision arthroplasty of the hip

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 552-554

  Crawford, R ^a   Puddle, B ^a   Hunt, N ^a,b   Athanasou, N A ^a  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALE; METAPLASIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGOUT;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION;

EID: 0033038238     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B3.9289     Document Type: Article

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