The Origins of UHMWPE in Total Hip Arthroplasty

UHMWPE Biomaterials Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 31-41

  Kurtz, Steven M ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374721-1.00004-3     Document Type: Chapter

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