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Research Article

Pain in a chromium-allergic patient with total knee arthroplasty: disappearance of symptoms after revision with a special surface-coated TKA ­— a case report

Marc ThomsenDepartment of Orthopaedics, DRK-Klinik, Baden-BadenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Matthias RozakDepartment of Orthopaedics, DRK-Klinik, Baden-Baden
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Peter ThomasDepartment of Dermatology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
Pages 386-388 | Received 09 Sep 2010, Accepted 11 Feb 2011, Published online: 20 Apr 2011

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