Ultrasound guided versus conventional joint and soft tissue fluid aspiration in rheumatology practice: A pilot study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2209-2213

  Balint, Peter V ^a   Kane, David ^a   Hunter, John ^a   McInnes, Iain B ^a   Field, Max ^a   Sturrock, Roger D ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Fluid; Interventional; Joint; Musculoskeletal; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; MONARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE FLUID ASPIRATION; STEROID THERAPY; SYNOVIAL FLUID ASPIRATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0036790889     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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