The practice of medical and surgical synovectomy a uk survey

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-24

  O'Duffy, E K ^a   Ell, P J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

YTTRIUM 90;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANKLE JOINT; ELBOW; FINGERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; ORTHOPEDICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS; WRIST;

EID: 0033047252     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-199901000-00005     Document Type: Article

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