Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 27-38 , February 2006

Do we need radiographs to diagnose osteoarthritis?

  • Jolanda Cibere, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Medicine)

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doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2005.08.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 27-38 , February 2006

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