Can the carpometacarpal joint be injected accurately in the office setting? Implications for therapy

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1137-1139

  Mandl, Lisa A ^a   Hotchkiss, Robert N ^a   Adler, Ronald S ^a   Ariola, Lily A ^b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^c  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpometacarpal joint; Injection accuracy; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MACHINE; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; NEEDLE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33744763352     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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