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Original Article

Intravenous cefuroxime prophylaxis Tissue levels after one 3-gram dose in 40 cases of hip fracture

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Pages 14-16 | Received 16 Mar 1994, Accepted 12 Jul 1994, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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