Repeated ultrasound-guided intra-articular injections of 40 mg of Hyalgan® may be useful in symptomatic relief of hip osteoarthritis [1]

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1126-1127

  Migliore, Alberto ^a,d   Tormenta, S ^a   Massafra, U ^a   Carloni, E ^a   Padalino, C ^a   Iannessi, F ^a   Alimonti, A ^a   Martin Martin, L S ^b   Granata, M ^c  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d S Filippo Neri Hospital ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PILOT PROJECTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27944502036     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2005.08.001     Document Type: Letter

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