Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 605-619 , August 2008

Impact of HIV on bone and joint surgery

  • S. Govender, MBBS, MD, FRCS (Professor and Head of Orthopaedics)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +27 031 2604297; Fax: +27 031 2604518.
  • W.J. Harrison, MA (Oxon), FRCS (Trauma and Orth) (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, and Honorary Senior Lecturer)
  • M. Lukhele, MBChB, M.Med, FC (Orth) (Professor and Head of Orthopaedics)

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doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2008.05.002

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 605-619 , August 2008

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