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. 1996 Dec;40(12):2675–2679. doi: 10.1128/aac.40.12.2675

Antibiotic-impregnated cement and beads for orthopedic infections.

D A Wininger 1, R J Fass 1
PMCID: PMC163602  PMID: 9124821

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