Intra-articular pressure profile of the knee joint in a spectrum of inflammatory arthropathies

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 686-689

  Jawed, Shahid ^a   Gaffney, Karl ^a   Blake, David R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; JOINT PRESSURE; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0031455855     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.11.686     Document Type: Article

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