Quality assurance for synovial fluid examination for crystals: An improved method

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 504-506

  McGill, Neil W ^a,b   McGill, Vicki G ^a  

^a Roy Prnc Alfred Rachel Forster H ^*  (Australia)

^b RPA Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0030774448     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.8.504     Document Type: Article

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