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CASE REPORT

Subchondral insufficiency fracture of the femoral head after total knee arthroplasty in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

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Pages 105-108 | Received 07 Nov 2005, Accepted 16 Feb 2006, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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