About the Authors
- Kalle J. Aaltonen
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Affiliation Faculties of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Liisa M. Virkki
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Antti Malmivaara
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Affiliation Centre for Health and Social Economics, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland
- Yrjö T. Konttinen
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* E-mail: yrjo.konttinen@helsinki.fi
Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, COXA Hospital for Joint Replacement, Tampere, Finland
- Dan C. Nordström
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Affiliation Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH), Helsinki, Finland
- Marja Blom
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Affiliation Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KA LV AM YTK DN MB. Performed the experiments: KA LV. Analyzed the data: KA LV. Wrote the paper: KA LV AM YTK DN MB.