Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 269-279 , April 2009

How to perform ultrasound-guided injections

  • George A.W. Bruyn, MD, PhD, Consultant Rheumatologists

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, 8934 AD Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31582866104; Fax: +31582866105.
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  • Wolfgang A. Schmidt, MD, Consultant Rheumatologists

      Affiliations

    • Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany

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doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2008.11.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 269-279 , April 2009

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