Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 27-38 , February 2010

Imaging the joint in osteoarthritis: a place for ultrasound?

  • Annamaria Iagnocco, MD (Assistant Professor of Rheumatology)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationDipartimento di Clinica e Terapia Medica, Cattedra di Reumatologia, Viale del Policlinico 155–00161 Rome, Italy. Tel.: +39 06 49974631; Fax: +39 06 4997 4642.

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doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2009.08.012

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 27-38 , February 2010

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