Intra-articular hyaluronan injections in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled multicentre trial

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 424-431

  Lohmander, L Stefan ^a   Dalén, Nils ^b   Englund, Gunnar ^e   Hämäläinen, Martti ^f   Jensen, Erik Martin ^g   Karlsson, Kerstin ^e   Odensten, Magnus ^c   Ryd, Leif ^a   Sernbo, Ingemar ^a   Suomalainen, Olavi ^h   Tegnander, Agnar ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^f RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTZAL; HYALURONIC ACID; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 8944220711     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.55.7.424     Document Type: Article

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