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Mid-term results of a polyethylene-free metal-on-metal articulation

✍ Scribed by Adolph V. Lombardi Jr; Thomas H. Mallory; John M. Cuckler; Joseph Williams; Keith R. Berend; Thomas M. Smith


Book ID
116255802
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
124 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
1532-8406

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