Radionuclide imaging of the painful joint replacement: past, present and future
Differentiating aseptic loosening from infection as the cause of prosthetic joint failure is difficult because both entities are similar, clinically and histopathologically. Aseptic loosening frequently results from an immune reaction to the prosthesis. There is inflammation with an influx of histio...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar)
2002-09-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132002000500003 |