Total knee arthroplasty in patients with HIV infection

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-30

  Lynch, Christopher B ^a   Sterling, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Complications; Human immunodeficiency virus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRACTURE; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMPLANT; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 1642498285     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200402000-00008     Document Type: Review

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