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What role does metal allergy sensitization play in total knee arthroplasty revision?

BACKGROUND: Clinicians are often faced with the decision whether to revise a painful total knee replacement in patients who have chronic vague pain with no apparent explanation. A sensitive metal testing assay called the lymphocyte stimulation test has been used to detect nickel sensitization in pat...

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Autores principales: Lionberger, David R., Samorajski, Justin, Wilson, Charlie D., Rivera, Andreana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6091498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30109436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40634-018-0146-4