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Wear of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and polytetrafluoroethylene in a hip simulator: A dose-response study of protein concentration

Victoria D Good 1Loma Linda University Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Howard and Irene Peterson Tribology Laboratory, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, 2Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Correspondence: Victoria Good, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Peterson Tribology Laboratory, 250 E. Caroline St. Suite H, San Bernardino, CA 92408, USA. Tel +1 909 824-0578. E-mail: [email protected]
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Ian C Clarke 1Loma Linda University Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Howard and Irene Peterson Tribology Laboratory, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, 2Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Correspondence: Victoria Good, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Peterson Tribology Laboratory, 250 E. Caroline St. Suite H, San Bernardino, CA 92408, USA. Tel +1 909 824-0578. E-mail: [email protected]
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G Allen Gustafson 1Loma Linda University Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Howard and Irene Peterson Tribology Laboratory, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, 2Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Correspondence: Victoria Good, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Peterson Tribology Laboratory, 250 E. Caroline St. Suite H, San Bernardino, CA 92408, USA. Tel +1 909 824-0578. E-mail: [email protected]
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Brandon Downs 1Loma Linda University Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Howard and Irene Peterson Tribology Laboratory, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, 2Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Correspondence: Victoria Good, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Peterson Tribology Laboratory, 250 E. Caroline St. Suite H, San Bernardino, CA 92408, USA. Tel +1 909 824-0578. E-mail: [email protected]
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Lucas Anissian 1Loma Linda University Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Howard and Irene Peterson Tribology Laboratory, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, 2Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Correspondence: Victoria Good, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Peterson Tribology Laboratory, 250 E. Caroline St. Suite H, San Bernardino, CA 92408, USA. Tel +1 909 824-0578. E-mail: [email protected]
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Kim Sorensen 1Loma Linda University Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Howard and Irene Peterson Tribology Laboratory, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, 2Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Correspondence: Victoria Good, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Peterson Tribology Laboratory, 250 E. Caroline St. Suite H, San Bernardino, CA 92408, USA. Tel +1 909 824-0578. E-mail: [email protected]
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