Radiation synovectomy with 90yttrium, 186rhenium and 169erbium: A systematic literature review with meta-analyses

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-139

  van der Zant, Friso M ^a   Boer, Robbert O ^a   Moolenburgh, Daniel J ^a   Jahangier, Z Nazira ^b,c   Bijlsma, Hans J W J ^b   Jacobs, Hans J W G ^b  

^a Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c TERGOOI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

169Erbium; 186Rhenium; 90Yttrium; Radiation synovectomy; Radiosynoviorthesis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTIVAZOL; DYSPROSIUM IRON HYDROXIDE DY 165; ERBIUM 169; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; RHENIUM 186; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE HEXACETONIDE; YTTRIUM 90; YTTRIUM SILICATE Y 90;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMARTHROSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVIORTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ERBIUM; HUMANS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RHENIUM; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; YTTRIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 63049111119     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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