An interesting case of joint prosthesis allergy

Dermatitis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Beecker, Jennifer ^a   Gordon, John ^b   Pratt, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHROMIUM; COBALT CHLORIDE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; METAL; NICKEL SULFATE; PALLADIUM; QUATERNIUM 15; THIOMERSAL; THIOUREA; TITANIUM; TRIAMCINOLONE; ULOBETASOL PROPIONATE; VITALLIUM; COBALT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT ALLERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SKIN ALLERGY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COBALT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATCH TESTS; RARE DISEASES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 68049137812     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2009.08087     Document Type: Article

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