Intraarticular urokinase: A new drainage technique for synovial effusions with rice bodies

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 394-395

  Calabozo, Marcelo ^a   Aretxabala, Inigo ^a   Alonso RuiJ, Alberto ^a   Pérez Ruiz, Fernando ^a   Fraiz, Eduardo ^a   Ruiz Lucea, Esther ^a   Amutio, Elena ^a   Chacôn, Juana ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0031991706     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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