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HIV and Orthopedic Surgery

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HIV/AIDS affects the treatment and healing of various musculoskeletal conditions.

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  1. Trauma and Orthopaedics, Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1UL, UK

    William James Harrison BM BCh, MA(Oxon), FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics), FCS ECSA

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  1. William James Harrison BM BCh, MA(Oxon), FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics), FCS ECSA
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Correspondence to William James Harrison BM BCh, MA(Oxon), FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics), FCS ECSA .

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Harrison, W.J. (2014). HIV and Orthopedic Surgery. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_15

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