Ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy: A safe, well-tolerated and reliable technique for obtaining high-quality synovial tissue from both large and small joints in early arthritis patients

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 611-617

  Kelly, S ^a   Humby, F ^b   Filer, A ^c   Ng, N ^b   Di Cicco, M ^b   Hands, R E ^b   Rocher, V ^b   Bombardieri, M ^b   D'Agostino, M A ^d   McInnes, I B ^e   Buckley, C D ^b   Taylor, P C ^f   Pitzalis, C ^b  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOINT BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RNA EXTRACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVIUM; ULTRASOUND GUIDED SYNOVIAL BIOPSY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; HAND JOINT; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; KNEE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84922339796     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204603     Document Type: Article

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