Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 167-181 , February 2003

Injection therapies for soft-tissue disorders

  • C.A Speed (Honorary Consultant, Senior Research Associate)

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Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
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