Management of high concentrations of cobalt and chromium in blood due to metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty in a pregnant woman

Francesca Grullia Resident physician in Emergency Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]

Davide Lonatib Pavia Poison Control Centre – National Toxicology Information Centre – Clinical and Experimental Lab, Toxicology Unit, Maugeri Clinical and Scientific Institutes IRCCS and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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Anna Ronchib Pavia Poison Control Centre – National Toxicology Information Centre – Clinical and Experimental Lab, Toxicology Unit, Maugeri Clinical and Scientific Institutes IRCCS and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Francesca Perottic Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Arsenio Spinilloc Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Carlo A. Locatellib Pavia Poison Control Centre – National Toxicology Information Centre – Clinical and Experimental Lab, Toxicology Unit, Maugeri Clinical and Scientific Institutes IRCCS and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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