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The fundamentals of biotribology and its application to spine arthroplasty

Megan L. Harper, Andrew Dooris and Philippe E. Paré
International Journal of Spine Surgery January 2009, 3 (4) 125-132; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esas.2009.11.004
Megan L. Harper
aMedtronic, Spinal and Biologics, Memphis, TN
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vol. 3 no. 4 125-132
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esas.2009.11.004

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2211-4599
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  • Published online January 1, 2009.

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© 2009 SAS - The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Megan L. Harper, MASca,*,
  2. Andrew Dooris, PhDb and
  3. Philippe E. Paré, MASca
  1. aMedtronic, Spinal and Biologics, Memphis, TN
  2. bDePuy Spine, Raynham, MA
  1. ↵* Corresponding author: Megan L. Harper, Medtronic, Spinal and Biologics, 2600 Sofamor Danek Drive, Memphis, TN 38132. Phone (901) 344-0712; Fax (901) 344-0840. E-mail address: megan.harper{at}medtronic.com
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