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Polyethylene in total hip arthroplasty: half a century in the limelight

✍ Scribed by Eduardo García-Rey; Eduardo García-Cimbrelo

Publisher
Springer Milan
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
317 KB
Volume
11
Category
Article
ISSN
1590-9921

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