Techniques for "blind" glucocorticosteroid injections into glenohumeral joints [1]

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1201-1202

  Masi, Alfonse T ^a,d   Driessnack, Richard P ^b   Yunus, Muhammad B ^a   Neustadt, David H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Orthopedic Institute of Illinois   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID;

CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG INSTILLATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN;

GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 34248664443     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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