The basis of the synovial fluid analysis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1221-1226

  Tercic D ^a   Bozic B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Joints; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTHROPATHY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT EXAMINATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PHENAZINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035664397     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2001.196     Document Type: Review

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