Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 145-153 , February 2006

Total joint replacement in osteoarthritis

  • Jeffrey N Katz, MD, MS (Associate Professor of Medicine and Orthopoaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Section of Clinical Sciences)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationDivision of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Tel.: +1 617 732 5356.

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doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2005.09.003

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 145-153 , February 2006

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