Evaluation of the patient C. arthrocentesis, synovial fluid analysis, and synovial biopsys

Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases: Thirteenth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 21-27

  Fye, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-68566-3_2     Document Type: Chapter

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