Arthrocentesis of the knee

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Thomsen, Todd W ^a,c   Shen, Sam ^b,c   Shaffer, Robert W ^a,c   Setnik, Gary S ^a,c  

^a MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CELL COUNT; CELLULITIS; GRAM STAINING; HEMARTHROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJURY; KNEE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGOUT; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 33646474728     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMvcm051914     Document Type: Article

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