Needle arthroscopy of the knee with synovial biopsy sampling: Technical experience in 150 patients

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 434-441

  Baeten, D ^a   Van Den Bosch, F ^b   Elewaut, D ^b   Stuer, A ^b   Veys, E M ^b   De Keyser, F ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arthritis; Arthroscopy; Histology; Synovitis

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKINE; DNA; LIDOCAINE; POVIDONE IODINE; RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTROPHY; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LAVAGE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0033396977     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670050134     Document Type: Article

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