Risk factors for taper corrosion in total hip arthroplasty

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Moussa Hamadouche

Cochin University Hospital
Paris, France

Michael Morlock

Hamburg University of Technology
Hamburg, Germany

Carsten Perka

Charité—University Medicine Berlin
Berlin, Germany

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