Can sonography be used to predict the response to intra-articular corticosteroid injection in primary osteoarthritis of the knee?

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 395-397

  Pendleton, A ^a   Millar, A ^a   O'Kane, D ^a   Wright, G D ^a   Taggart, A J ^a  

^a MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52949151838     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740802050738     Document Type: Letter

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