Cobalt allergy and suspected aseptic lymphocyte-dominated vascular-associated lesion following total hip arthroplasty

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 238-239

  Jensen, Peter ^a   Thyssen, Jacob Pontoppidan ^a   Retpen, Jens Blicher ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ALVAL; Cobalt allergy; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; PREDNISOLONE; TITANIUM;

AGED; ALLERGY; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC LYMPHOCYTE DOMINATED VASCULITIS ASSOCIATED LESION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METAL IMPLANTATION; PAIN; PATCH TEST; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CHROMIUM; COBALT; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PATCH TESTS; POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

EID: 70350037666     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01599.x     Document Type: Article

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