The utilization of synovial fluid analysis in the UK

Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1060-1063

  Amer, H ^a   Swan, A ^a   Dieppe, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assays; Crystals; Microbiology; Polarized light microscopy; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROBIOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PILOT STUDY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; SYNOVIAL FLUID; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ORTHOPEDICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0034800037     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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