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The incidence of late prosthetic joint infections

A registry-based study of 112,708 primary hip and knee replacements

Kaisa HuotariDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki Correspondence[email protected]
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Mikko PeltolaCentre for Health and Social Economics (CHESS), National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki Correspondence[email protected]
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Esa JämsenCoxa, Hospital for Joint Replacement and School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 321-325 | Received 11 Nov 2014, Accepted 10 Feb 2015, Published online: 27 Mar 2015

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