Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 333-347 , April 2007

Injection therapies for soft-tissue lesions

  • Cathy A. Speed, PhD, FRCP (Consultant in Rheumatology, Sports & Exercise Medicine)

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doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2006.11.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 333-347 , April 2007

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