Persistent synovitis treated with radiation synovectomy using yttrium-90: A retrospective evaluation of 83 procedures for 45 patients

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 861-869

  Jahangier, Z N ^a   Jacobs, J W G ^a   Van Isselt, J W ^a   Bijlsma, J W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Radiation synovectomy; Radiosynoviorthesis; Recurrent synovitis; Synoviolysis; Yttrium 90

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; LIDOCAINE; YTTRIUM 90;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT SURGERY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SKIN DEFECT; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVITIS; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030802016     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/36.8.861     Document Type: Article

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