Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) Intra-Articular ultrasoundguided injections as a possible treatment for hip osteoarthritis: A pilot study

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 754-

  Battaglia, M ^a   Guaraldi, F ^b   Vannini, F ^a   Buscio, T ^a   Buda, R ^a   Galletti, S ^a   Giannini, S ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PILOT PROJECTS; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 80055065898     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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