Stephen S Tower
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Tower S, Gessner B, Cho C, Bridges R
PLoS One
. 2023 Dec;
18(12):e0295203.
PMID: 38127904
Introduction: Cobalt is a mitochondrial toxin, clinical cobaltism manifests with constitutional, neurologic, and cardiovascular symptomatology. Cobalt's severe toxidrome is known through case reports from extreme wear or corrosion of cobalt-chromium...
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Tower S, Cho C, Bridges R, Gessner B
JAMA Netw Open
. 2021 Aug;
4(8):e2121758.
PMID: 34410399
No abstract available.
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Tower S, Medlin D, Bridges R, Cho C
Arthroplast Today
. 2021 Jan;
6(4):1022-1027.
PMID: 33385045
Adverse reactions to metallic debris from corrosion of polished cobalt-chromium-cemented femoral stems are reported. Cobaltism (systemic cobalt poisoning) has not been reported from this phenomenon. Three patients presented to their...
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Bridges R, Cho C, Beck M, Gessner B, Tower S
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging
. 2019 Dec;
47(8):1961-1970.
PMID: 31863138
Purpose: Imaging studies of cobalt toxicity from cobalt-chromium alloy arthroprosthetics have focused on the local intra-articular and peri-articular presentation from failing joint replacements. Most studies investigating neurological findings have been...
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Kavanagh K, Tower S, Saman D
J Patient Saf
. 2016 Mar;
12(2):57-62.
PMID: 27010326
The medical literature is prone to overstating results, a condition not thoroughly recognized among policymakers. This article sets forth examples of potential problems with research integrity in the infectious disease...
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Gessner B, Steck T, Woelber E, Tower S
J Patient Saf
. 2015 Jun;
15(2):97-104.
PMID: 26076080
Objectives: We sought to synthesize data on systemic arthroprosthetic cobaltism, a recently described syndrome that results from wear or corrosion of chrome-cobalt hip components. Methods: We conducted a systematic literature...
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Sotos J, Tower S
Aviat Space Environ Med
. 2013 Mar;
84(3):242-5.
PMID: 23513286
Background: A multisystem illness recently reported in recipients of the newest generation of metal-on-metal hip prostheses has been ascribed to toxic effects of cobalt and possibly chromium. Case Report: We...
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Estey M, Diamandis E, Van Der Straeten C, Tower S, Hart A, Moyer T
Clin Chem
. 2012 Nov;
59(6):880-6.
PMID: 23115056
No abstract available.
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