Ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection in rheumatology: Accuracy or efficacy?

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1427-1428

  Iagnocco, Annamaria ^a   Naredo, Esperanza ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ACCURACY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INJECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIITIS; SYNOVIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77954711946     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq081     Document Type: Editorial

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