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- who: Rhusheet Patel and MD from the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, have published the research work: Severe Symptomatic Nickel Allergy Following Stent-Graft Implantation Requiring Excision and External Iliac Artery Reconstruction, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
- what: This case demonstrates a rare allergic reaction to the nitinol components of commercially available stent-grafts.
SUMMARY
Nitinol is an alloy composed of 55% nickel and 45% titanium. While nickel allergy causing contact dermatitis is present in as much a 18% of the population, systemic reactions to . . .
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