Primer: Pitfalls of aspiration and injection

Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 464-472

  Roberts, W Neal ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; STEROID;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTHROCENTESIS; ASPIRATION; ATROPHY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DEPIGMENTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INJECTION; INJECTION PAIN; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE; LIPOATROPHY; NERVE INJURY; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGY; SKIN ATROPHY; SYRINGE; TENDON RUPTURE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN;

EID: 34547581734     PISSN: 17458382     EISSN: 17458390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum0558     Document Type: Review

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