Corticosteroid Injection for Idiopathic Trigger Finger

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 831-833

  Brito, Jorge L ^a   Rozental, Tamara D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FINGER NECROSIS; FINGER PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RIGIDITY; SKIN ATROPHY; TENDON RUPTURE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TRIGGER FINGER;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; TENDONS; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER;

EID: 77951622225     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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