Metal sensivity in a patient with a total knee replacement

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 259-260

  Handa, Sanjeev ^a   Dogra, Sunil ^a   Prasad, Rajendra ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chromate; Cobalt; Copper; Dermatitis; Knee replacement; Metal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALLOY; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATITIS; EXUDATE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PATCH TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRURITUS; SKIN INCISION; SKIN SCAR; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; FOLLOW UP; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ALLERGY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATCH TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1642284353     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2003.0225b.x     Document Type: Article

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