Therapeutic and Diagnostic Joint Injections

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 439-453

  Malfair, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthrography; Hip; Injection; Joints; Knee; Shoulder; Wrist

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; STEROID;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ANKLE ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELBOW; FLUOROSCOPY; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT BIOPSY; KNEE ARTHROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WRIST;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANESTHETICS; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELBOW JOINT; FLUOROSCOPY; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHOULDER JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 49149109415     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2008.02.007     Document Type: Review

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