Blacks Less Likely to Have Total Knee Replacement

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Fri, 02/20/2009 - 14:06

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- Although they are at equal risk for knee osteoarthritis, African-Americans are less likely than whites to undergo total knee replacement, researchers here said.


 

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