Peripheral neuropathy after hip replacement failure: Is vanadium the culprit?

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9826, 2012, Pages 1676-

  Moretti, Biagio ^a   Pesce, Vito ^a   MacCagnano, Giuseppe ^a   Vicenti, Giovanni ^a   Lovreglio, Piero ^a   Soleo, Leonardo ^a   Apostoli, Pietro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

AGED; ALUMINUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84860273239     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60273-6     Document Type: Article

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