Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 961-979 , December 2008

The role of conventional radiography and scintigraphy in the third millennium

  • Francesco Trotta, MD (Professor of Rheumatology and Head)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. St. Anna Hospital, University of Ferrara, Corso della Giovecca 203, 44010, Ferrara, Italy. Tel.: +39 532 236502; Fax: +39 532 238532.

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doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2008.09.018

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 961-979 , December 2008

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