Corticosteroid injections for lateral epicondylitis: A systematic overview

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 405, 1996, Pages 209-216

  Assendelft, Willem J J ^a,e   Hay, Elaine M ^b   Adshead, Ross ^c   Bouter, Lex M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid injections; Meta analysis; Tennis elbow; Therapy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 0029914304     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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