A 10 year retrospective comparison of the diagnostic usefulness of synovial fluid and synovial biopsy examination

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 605-607

  Johnson, J S ^a   Freemont, A J ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Synovial biopsy; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GOUT; HEMARTHROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT INJURY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOPSY; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0034881524     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.54.8.605     Document Type: Article

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