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Case report

Metallosis and elevated serum levels of tantalum following failed revision hip arthroplasty— a case report

George C BabisSecond Department of Orthopaedics, Konstantopouleio General Hospital N. Ionia, University of Athens Medical School, N. Ionia, AthensCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nikolaos A StavropoulosFirst Department of Orthopaedics, “ATTIKON” University General Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Chaidari, Athens
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Gregory SasalosFirst Department of Orthopaedics, “ATTIKON” University General Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Chaidari, Athens
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Maria Ochsenkuehn-PetropoulouLaboratory of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens
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Panagiotis MegasDepartment of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Pages 677-680 | Received 17 Aug 2013, Accepted 24 Mar 2014, Published online: 20 Aug 2014

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